WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.980 That's chapter 4 and verses 1-12. If you've got a church Bible, page 809. 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.700 I don't know what you feel about tests. Some people like tests, don't they? 00:00:14.419 --> 00:00:19.440 ! Some people like being tested. I never like tests or exams. 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:26.620 And testing is a risky thing, doesn't it? Testing exposes something about us. 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:30.300 And even God's Son had to be tested. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.079 Even the Lord Jesus, in his life, needed to be tested. 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.600 And when you come to the start of chapter 4, you'll see Jesus tested and tempted here by Satan. 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:45.579 And we mustn't think that Jesus is on the defensive. 00:00:47.620 --> 00:00:50.960 And we must realise that Jesus is not a helpless defensive. 00:00:50.960 --> 00:01:00.760 You'll notice, won't you, at the end, at the start of chapter 4, he is led out of the wilderness by the Spirit. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:08.560 In other words, Jesus, after his baptism, is as if he walks forth to meet his enemy. 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.719 He deliberately takes him on. He confronts him. He faces him down. 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.340 He faces his enemy and our enemy in order to engage in combat and conquer him. 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.540 It's the Son of God, chapter 4, going to war. 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.000 And he is on the offence. 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.540 And we must remember that. It is a deeply, deeply instructive passage. 00:01:31.659 --> 00:01:35.379 There's lots of different ways you can take Matthew chapter 4 and look at it for profit. 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:39.920 But I know it's very important that you and I take heed of this passage. 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.119 There's going to be lots that we need to leave out. 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.159 But I want you to notice three things. 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.500 I want you to notice, first of all, the fact that you must remember. 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.479 The fact that you must remember. 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:54.060 And we see it in chapter 4, verse 1, in the light of chapter 3, verse 17. 00:01:55.079 --> 00:02:00.979 So you'll notice, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:06.000 It doesn't say the Spirit led him into temptation. 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:10.800 The Spirit led him into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:13.439 But do you notice those two things go together? 00:02:14.640 --> 00:02:20.539 That he is led by the Spirit whilst he is being tempted by the devil. 00:02:20.539 --> 00:02:28.519 And you and I need to remember that because what is true for Jesus can sometimes be true for his people. 00:02:30.419 --> 00:02:36.560 That you and I can begin to think that when we are being tempted by the devil, then surely we are not being led by the Holy Spirit. 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:40.060 Surely God has cast me off. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:41.959 I wouldn't be feeling this temptation. 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:47.760 I wouldn't be undergoing all this pain in life and temptation in testing. 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:48.360 But no. 00:02:49.480 --> 00:02:52.620 They are not mutually exclusive. 00:02:53.920 --> 00:02:56.219 Jesus is led by the Holy Spirit. 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:00.140 And yet at the same time he is being tempted by the devil. 00:03:01.659 --> 00:03:07.640 And you can be tempted by the devil and that is not an indication at all that you are not being led by the Spirit. 00:03:09.140 --> 00:03:10.900 And you may say, well, of course I know that. 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:16.480 My theology is such that I know God would never forsake me. 00:03:16.540 --> 00:03:18.000 I know that God would never give me up. 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:20.040 He would never leave me in temptation. 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:21.360 That's what I believe. 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:26.100 But there is a way, isn't there, that what you believe goes down the drain sometimes in the heat of battle. 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:30.860 That what you believe and what you know can dissipate. 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:31.960 It's like the morning mist. 00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:34.400 And it doesn't stand up real well. 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:37.879 And one thing that hits you as you begin to think, 00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:41.840 I wonder, has the Lord given up on me? 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:44.260 Has the Lord let go of me? 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:45.879 Maybe I'm not his child. 00:03:46.040 --> 00:03:48.379 Maybe God isn't delighted in me. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.700 Did you notice the sequence? 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:51.920 So chapter 3, verse 17. 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:54.439 Just look at that verse. 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:55.740 Behold a voice from heaven. 00:03:55.860 --> 00:03:58.240 It's the voice of Jesus' Father, his heavenly Father. 00:03:58.700 --> 00:04:00.120 And he says, God says, 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:02.300 This is my beloved Son with whom I'm well pleased. 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:03.879 I'm delighted in him. 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:08.939 And then the next verse, he's led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:15.500 And you sometimes think, don't you, that when you're being tempted and pressed and tested, 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:18.100 that God isn't delighted with you? 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.399 Surely, God is displeased with me. 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:26.920 But that isn't necessarily true at all. 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.379 Jesus is the one. 00:04:29.460 --> 00:04:32.180 And God says, I am delighted with him. 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:34.040 And now he's being tempted by the devil. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:37.980 So how do these two things hold together? 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:40.460 And this has always been the case. 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:41.620 But you remember this fact. 00:04:41.740 --> 00:04:44.900 You may be the child with whom God is very pleased with. 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:47.280 Where you are just now. 00:04:48.840 --> 00:04:51.400 And yet you can be very and severely tempted. 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:52.580 And that has always been true. 00:04:54.520 --> 00:04:55.759 We draw loads of illustrations. 00:04:55.960 --> 00:04:57.860 But let me give you one from Charles Haddon's Virgin. 00:04:58.020 --> 00:05:00.220 He was the great Baptist preacher from the 19th century. 00:05:00.220 --> 00:05:02.860 And he described a time when he was a teenager. 00:05:04.200 --> 00:05:05.000 Perhaps about 15. 00:05:05.140 --> 00:05:07.040 And there was a time of temptation that he met. 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:09.600 It's a little bit 19th century in its language. 00:05:10.340 --> 00:05:11.960 But I don't think you'll have any problem picking it up. 00:05:13.020 --> 00:05:17.220 He says, I remember a certain narrow and crooked lane in a certain country town 00:05:17.220 --> 00:05:20.540 along which I was walking one day while I was seeking the Saviour. 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:27.700 All of a sudden, the most sudden oaths that any of you can conceive rushed through my mind. 00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:29.860 I put my hand to my mouth. 00:05:30.220 --> 00:05:31.720 To prevent the utterance. 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:36.060 I had not that I know of ever heard these words before. 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:39.240 But these things sorely beset me for half an hour. 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:43.240 Together the most fearful implications were dashed through my brain. 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.720 Oh, how I groaned and cried before God. 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:47.900 That temptation passed. 00:05:48.940 --> 00:05:50.720 But in many days it was renewed again. 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.820 And when I was in prayer or when I was reading the Bible, 00:05:52.940 --> 00:05:57.120 these blasphemous thoughts would pour in upon me more than at any other time. 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:01.360 I consulted with an aged godly man about it. 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:03.600 And he said to me, 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.040 Oh, all this, many of the people of God have prayed before you. 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:10.860 But said to me, do you hate these thoughts? 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:13.020 I do, I truly said. 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:16.319 Then said he, they are not yours. 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:17.960 And so on. 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:22.280 You see, in other words, we can be tempted severely. 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:25.839 We can be intensely tempted. 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:31.639 And it does not negate the fact that you are God's child if you've trusted in Christ. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:35.199 But you may wonder about that. 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:36.799 So you must remember this fact. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:41.739 That you can be the child with whom God is greatly delighted in. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:46.160 And yet you can be severely and intensely tried. 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:52.280 And you may need to take a pen or a pencil or a highlighter. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:56.860 And you may need to draw a box around chapter 3 and verse 17. 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:02.019 And you bring the bottom of that box down to the bottom of chapter 4 and verse 1. 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:08.000 And you scribble out the little section that says temptation of Jesus. 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:11.740 Scribble out the chapter division. 00:07:12.979 --> 00:07:18.120 Because you've got to know that it's possible to not only be God's beloved son with whom he's well pleased. 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:20.500 To be one of God's sons or daughters. 00:07:21.039 --> 00:07:23.399 But also to be still severely tempted. 00:07:24.419 --> 00:07:26.740 And you're still the son or daughter with whom he delights. 00:07:27.339 --> 00:07:29.180 And even while you're led by the Spirit. 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:32.600 Even while you're being tempted by the devil. 00:07:33.340 --> 00:07:34.240 So the fact you need to remember. 00:07:34.400 --> 00:07:36.639 Secondly, let's go about the strategy you should watch. 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:39.879 And I want us to look at these temptations. 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:42.699 And to see a little bit how does the devil approach Jesus. 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.699 And how he approaches him. 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:49.160 It's possible you know as you look at this. 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.899 That you will say this is Jesus' temptation. 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:55.340 And it comes to him especially as the son of God. 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:57.319 As the head of his people. 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:59.779 And there is something unique about that. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:00.959 We'll see that a little bit later on. 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:03.319 There's something unique about his temptation. 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:04.639 That Jesus is facing. 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.120 And it's not geared to me. 00:08:07.620 --> 00:08:08.759 And you'd be right about that. 00:08:10.339 --> 00:08:11.240 It's geared to him as. 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:14.180 In fulfilling the office of a saviour. 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:15.800 A lord. 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:18.500 But it doesn't mean that the principal thrust of these temptations. 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:20.939 Don't also come to you and I as Jesus' people. 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:23.579 There's a common element. 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:27.060 And that we must not leave out. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:31.180 There are common elements to this temptation. 00:08:31.599 --> 00:08:33.360 And in each temptation as you study it. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:35.879 You will find that the devil is saying. 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:36.840 The tempter is saying. 00:08:36.939 --> 00:08:38.579 There's some lack here. 00:08:39.939 --> 00:08:41.939 There's some deficiency here. 00:08:43.199 --> 00:08:44.419 There's something missing. 00:08:45.819 --> 00:08:46.960 There's something inadequate. 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:48.960 There's a deficiency. 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:49.680 So for example. 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:50.960 When he says in verse 3 and following. 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:52.400 If you are the son of God. 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:53.720 Turn these stones. 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:55.879 Tell these stones to become bread. 00:08:58.040 --> 00:08:58.639 When he says. 00:08:59.040 --> 00:09:01.019 If you are the son of God. 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:03.560 If you are the son of God. 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:03.900 Verse 3. 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:06.080 It's not as if the devil was doubting. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:07.400 He was the son of God. 00:09:08.540 --> 00:09:10.280 Devils know better than that. 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.720 Devils are better believers than believers sometimes. 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:15.480 The if there is an assumption. 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:18.460 So if your work colleague says. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:19.519 I'm going to the shop. 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:20.620 You say to them. 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:22.180 If you're going to the shop. 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:23.399 Can you get me a pint of milk? 00:09:24.300 --> 00:09:25.920 You're not doubting that they're going. 00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:28.220 You're saying. 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:30.659 Since you are going to the shop. 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:31.620 Do this. 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:32.700 And that is what we have here. 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:33.600 The devil is saying. 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:35.180 Since you are the son of God. 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:36.519 If you are the son of God. 00:09:36.580 --> 00:09:37.300 And then he goes on. 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:38.560 If you are the son of God. 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:39.200 Which you are. 00:09:39.500 --> 00:09:41.360 You ought to tell these stones to become bread. 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:42.740 What suggestion is he making? 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:45.300 Let's get into this. 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:45.899 He is saying. 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:47.840 If you are really God's son. 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:51.220 God should not put you in a position. 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:52.700 Where you have this need. 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:55.120 He should not put you in a position. 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:56.279 Where you have this deficiency. 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:58.460 It is not fitting. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:01.460 For one who claims to be the son of God. 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:02.960 So use your own power. 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:04.980 To supply this deficiency. 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:07.200 In which God has placed you. 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:09.220 In other words. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:09.680 He is saying. 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:11.300 As he may say to our situation. 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:11.720 Ah. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:12.920 You are God's child. 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.659 You are God's child. 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:17.120 And yet look at your life. 00:10:17.219 --> 00:10:18.719 Look at your extreme needs. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.740 If you flick on to the God channel. 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.539 Or TVN. 00:10:27.479 --> 00:10:29.319 You will have heard something like this. 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:31.579 Comes from a teacher. 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:32.279 Or a pulpit. 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:33.579 Or a platform. 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:35.779 And it says something like this. 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:38.379 If you are a Christian. 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.639 You should have no outstanding need. 00:10:43.959 --> 00:10:45.899 It is not God's will. 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:46.899 For his children. 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.419 To be in these beggar type situations. 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:50.339 Why? 00:10:50.419 --> 00:10:51.579 You are a child of a king. 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:54.000 It is not the will of God. 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.159 That any of his children. 00:10:55.419 --> 00:10:56.319 For example. 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:57.259 To be ill. 00:10:57.319 --> 00:10:58.279 That's not God's will. 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.559 Or for you to be poor. 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:00.559 Or for you to be unemployed. 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:01.779 That is not God's will. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.500 So I'm asking you right now. 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.500 Touch the screen. 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:06.600 Or ring. 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:07.379 This number. 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:09.240 And so to the Lord. 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:10.220 Give a gift to the Lord. 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:11.460 And I'm going to pray. 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:13.620 That God will eliminate your needs. 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:15.620 Have you ever heard that kind of line? 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:22.100 It's very much like the line isn't it? 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:23.179 If you are the son of God. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.080 You shouldn't have this extreme need. 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.340 There shouldn't be this kind of deficiency. 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:30.120 It's not fitting. 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:34.139 And so when you hear that kind of line. 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:37.679 That is the voice of a very unholy spirit. 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.080 That is the voice of the devil. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.980 Do you notice in the next temptation. 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:44.440 That the devil takes him to the pinnacle. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.580 Or the high ledge of the temple. 00:11:45.659 --> 00:11:46.000 And he says. 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:46.919 If you are the son of God. 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:47.799 So you are the son of God. 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:48.779 Throw yourself down. 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:51.919 And we need to pick up. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:53.840 What is the temptation really to it here? 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:55.700 He's saying. 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:57.899 How much faith do you really have? 00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:02.500 How far do you really trust God Jesus? 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:04.799 He comes to Jesus. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.120 And he says. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:05.939 I've noticed. 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:07.340 You quote the Bible. 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:08.639 To me in your answer. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:09.980 I'm glad you did that. 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:10.659 Jesus. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.659 You do believe the Bible. 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:11.980 Don't you? 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:13.439 Don't you believe that the Bible. 00:12:13.439 --> 00:12:14.959 Is the inerrant word of God? 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:16.860 Don't you believe Jesus. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:18.159 In standing on the promises. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:19.419 Is you're not like one of those liberals. 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:19.939 Are you? 00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:24.000 You're not a liberal. 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.459 That thinks. 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.360 That the shadow. 00:12:25.839 --> 00:12:26.600 Of your mighty. 00:12:26.699 --> 00:12:27.699 And the shelter of the most high. 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:28.679 That's just poetic. 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:29.939 Imagination. 00:12:31.199 --> 00:12:33.219 You really do believe God's word. 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:33.759 Don't you Jesus? 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.219 That these are God's words. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.860 In scripture. 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:38.120 So let me just say. 00:12:38.199 --> 00:12:39.100 I found you one. 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:40.500 I found you one. 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.839 On my calendar this morning. 00:12:42.379 --> 00:12:43.799 Or it was in the promise box. 00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.480 And it's from Psalm 91. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.480 Verses 11 and 12. 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:47.620 Let me quote it to you. 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:48.279 It says. 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:49.460 For he will command his angels. 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:50.100 Concerning you. 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:50.700 To guard you. 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:52.060 On all your ways. 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:53.120 On their hands. 00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:53.940 They will bear you up. 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:55.100 Lest you strike. 00:12:55.419 --> 00:12:56.639 Lest you strike your foot. 00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.240 Against the stone. 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.639 You believe that's the word of God. 00:12:58.700 --> 00:12:59.159 Don't you Jesus? 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:02.419 Do you believe that promise? 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:03.799 That these are the very words of God. 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:05.039 Can you stake your life on them? 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.840 And if you trust God that much. 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.840 Then I want you to take the leap of faith. 00:13:12.159 --> 00:13:12.919 Jump off the button. 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:16.299 I want you to prove God. 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:23.159 And what he's doing has nothing to do with trusting God whatsoever. 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:26.460 But testing God. 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:27.240 And that is wrong. 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:30.779 Satan is attacking Jesus. 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.980 If you are the son of God. 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:33.480 Surely you have to trust in God. 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:35.799 How much faith do you really have? 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.819 How far are you willing to trust God? 00:13:42.099 --> 00:13:43.679 See Satan can enter. 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:44.079 Can't he? 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:46.199 Into the most holiest of places. 00:13:46.479 --> 00:13:49.120 He can talk about the most spiritual subjects. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:49.799 Like faith. 00:13:49.939 --> 00:13:50.879 And the word of God. 00:13:51.819 --> 00:13:52.579 And let me be clear. 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:54.559 It is really sinful to mistrust God. 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.939 To not trust him. 00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:58.399 But it's also true. 00:13:58.539 --> 00:13:59.779 That when we get into this. 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:01.860 How much faith do I have? 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:06.199 You are coming right into the clutches of the devil. 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:09.939 It is very, very subtle. 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.339 That when I begin to say. 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:13.399 How much faith do I have? 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.379 How much faith do you have? 00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:16.879 What have I done? 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:21.360 I have turned to myself. 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:24.220 And I'm looking. 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.159 In. 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:26.259 And I'm saying. 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.120 Here is my faith. 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.460 How much do I have? 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.039 And I'm looking at my faith. 00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:33.399 And I'm trying to measure it. 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.840 Whereas. 00:14:36.419 --> 00:14:36.779 Faith. 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:40.220 Works in exactly the opposite way. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:44.139 Faith is focused on its object. 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.820 What matters. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.679 With faith. 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:50.019 Is in what? 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:51.639 Or in whom? 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.840 Do you have faith? 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:55.320 And when I begin to say. 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.419 How much faith do I have? 00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:58.200 And I get into that. 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:00.559 Then I'm turning away from the object of faith. 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:02.139 And I'm looking inward. 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:06.139 And I'm into this introspection in this case. 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:09.200 And I've got into navel. 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:10.679 Spiritual navel gazing. 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.679 And when you do that. 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:14.320 You are frequently disappointed. 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:18.420 Because all you will find. 00:15:18.420 --> 00:15:20.360 When you look into your heart. 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:20.860 At. 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:23.220 How much faith do you have? 00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:23.460 Is. 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:26.080 It's just such a little thing. 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.419 Isn't it? 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:30.120 And then the temperature can be okay. 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:32.379 Do you see? 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:33.539 It can come to something like this. 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.580 To you. 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.400 If you had faith. 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.879 You wouldn't be so afraid. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:37.620 Would you? 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:41.259 Isn't there something you're afraid about this morning? 00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:43.540 Well. 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.639 If you had faith. 00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:46.000 You wouldn't be so afraid. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.220 And you know that you're afraid. 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:49.799 Don't you? 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.080 So you must not have any faith. 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.840 Or if you had faith. 00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.600 You wouldn't fear. 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.740 You wouldn't fear. 00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.820 Cancer. 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:02.100 You wouldn't fear unemployment. 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:04.320 And you know that you do fear it. 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:06.600 And so you begin to say. 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.600 Maybe I don't have faith. 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.200 All I'm trying to say. 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.259 Is that in that situation. 00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:15.240 There can be more temptation than truth. 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:18.700 I'm not trying to get you to have a weak faith. 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.740 I'm not trying to get you to. 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:23.000 To give in to your fears. 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.740 Or anything like that. 00:16:23.800 --> 00:16:26.259 But sometimes the enemy can make capital out. 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:30.600 If only you had this much faith. 00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:33.480 And then he goes to Jesus again. 00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:34.360 He says in verse 8. 00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:35.100 And he shows him. 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.560 All the high mountains of the world. 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:37.560 And all their splendor. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.060 And he says. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.240 No Jesus. 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.279 You can have all these. 00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:41.960 If you just bend the knee once. 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.159 And worship me. 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.680 The interesting thing is. 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.800 God has already promised. 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.340 Jesus. 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:51.440 The mountains of the world. 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.500 And the kingdoms of this world. 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.600 And the splendor of this world. 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:55.600 Already in Psalm 2 verses 8 and 5. 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:58.460 It's already been promised to Jesus. 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.840 And the way of temptation here. 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:05.920 Is not the lure of glory. 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.480 But the way to it. 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.699 Jesus. 00:17:09.699 --> 00:17:09.779 Jesus. 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:11.379 You can get this. 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.159 You can get what God has promised. 00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:16.019 And so if you remember last week. 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.500 Chapter 3. 00:17:16.719 --> 00:17:19.000 Jesus has already taken his stand at his baptism. 00:17:19.459 --> 00:17:20.719 He said in essence. 00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.219 When I was baptised. 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:24.099 I am willing to stand in the place of sinners. 00:17:24.099 --> 00:17:26.439 I am willing. 00:17:26.959 --> 00:17:28.599 To walk to the glory. 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:31.199 By the path of suffering. 00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:32.259 At the cross. 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:35.299 And so I will stand in the place of sinners. 00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:36.819 And I will suffer in their place. 00:17:38.179 --> 00:17:39.779 And now the tempter is saying to him. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.359 It's in chapter 4. 00:17:40.419 --> 00:17:41.339 You don't have to go through all that. 00:17:42.419 --> 00:17:43.599 You don't have to go to the cross. 00:17:43.719 --> 00:17:44.679 You don't have to go to the suffering. 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.779 You just go to glory now. 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:48.779 You can get glory right now. 00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.339 Bow your knee. 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:53.139 And I think there's a suggestion here. 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.940 Again of deficiency. 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.460 As if. 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.700 Perhaps Satan could say. 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:57.299 If you really are the Messiah. 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:59.220 And you really are the coming king. 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.940 You really ought to have some of the trappings of glory. 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.740 Around you. 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.039 There ought to be. 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.819 An observable evidence. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.599 Of your position and your success. 00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:10.899 And can you see how that comes to the Christian? 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:14.680 There really should be. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.640 If you are a Christian. 00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:17.240 More evidence of your success. 00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:19.100 You say you're the child of God. 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.400 Look at you. 00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:24.600 I don't mean economic success. 00:18:24.800 --> 00:18:26.120 Or prosperity necessarily. 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.759 Says the devil. 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.680 But I mean spiritual success. 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.580 Why if you're a Christian. 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:35.480 Why is it that you're struggling with the same sin. 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:37.300 For years and years and years. 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:40.300 That's been bugging you for ages. 00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:42.220 If you're a Christian. 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:44.000 Why do you get so shattered. 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:45.400 By disappointments. 00:18:46.780 --> 00:18:47.660 If you're a Christian. 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.920 Why are you so depressed. 00:18:49.040 --> 00:18:50.140 And down all the time. 00:18:51.780 --> 00:18:52.960 Christians don't get depressed. 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:56.019 And he continues. 00:18:56.120 --> 00:18:56.360 And he says. 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.280 If you're a Christian. 00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:59.720 There should be a radiant joy. 00:18:59.820 --> 00:19:00.980 There should be power. 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:03.019 And bristling confidence. 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:06.340 Why are there more marks of your success. 00:19:06.600 --> 00:19:07.280 In your Christian life. 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:10.240 And so the devil rattles on. 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:13.680 As one writer has put it. 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.300 If you really are the child of God. 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.420 You say you are. 00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:18.420 Why do you still have so many problems. 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.500 And that's a temptation. 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:24.140 Is it any wonder. 00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:25.519 That as you look at the strategy. 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.579 Of the enemy here. 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:28.079 That you and I need to bow our knees. 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.299 And pray. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:31.380 That the Lord would protect us. 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.380 As Paul prayed. 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.180 For the church of Philippi. 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.599 When he prayed. 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.079 That their love. 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:37.019 Would have found more and more. 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.740 In knowledge. 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.740 The depth of insight. 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.740 That you'd be able to discern. 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.440 What is best. 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.480 The strategy you should watch. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.099 And then thirdly. 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:46.219 The provision you can use. 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:46.839 Do you see that. 00:19:47.879 --> 00:19:49.359 Part of that in verse 2. 00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:54.839 What you see in chapter 4. 00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:57.039 Is the Lord Jesus conquering the evil one. 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.859 And you have this. 00:20:01.459 --> 00:20:02.299 Conquest spelled out. 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.219 It's implied in verse 2. 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.740 He mentions doesn't he. 00:20:04.939 --> 00:20:05.719 After fasting. 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:07.619 40 days and 40 nights. 00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.759 He was hungry. 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:11.319 That's the understatement of the sanctuary. 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.599 Is it? 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:14.480 Why does he mention that? 00:20:15.699 --> 00:20:16.519 He mentions that. 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.859 Because of Exodus chapter 19. 00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.639 And 19. 00:20:20.719 --> 00:20:21.159 24. 00:20:22.719 --> 00:20:24.439 And Israel is in the wilderness of Sinai. 00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:27.480 And in Exodus 19 verses 1 and 2. 00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.119 Moses. 00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:31.399 Is up on Sinai. 00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:31.879 The mountain. 00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:34.199 And he is receiving the covenant of God. 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.639 And they are in the wilderness. 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.859 And Moses. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.279 Goes up on the mountain. 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.399 On Sinai. 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.240 For how long do you remember? 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:43.600 40 days and 40 nights. 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.440 Exodus 24. 00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:46.880 18. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.620 What happened. 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:49.180 During those 40 days. 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.800 And 40 nights. 00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:53.280 The amazing thing is. 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.800 Israel. 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.920 Start worshipping. 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.300 Don't they? 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.920 The image of the golden calf. 00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.820 Israel was faithless. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.759 They were faithless. 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.980 Faithless to the Lord. 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:06.500 In the shadow of the covenant mountain. 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:10.480 And you have 40 days and 40 nights. 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:13.339 That was a period of Israel's faithlessness. 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:15.319 And infidelity in the wilderness. 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.079 And in Matthew 4. 00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:19.099 You have verse 1. 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.380 Jesus led up by the spirit. 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.319 Into the wilderness. 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.920 And there is another wilderness. 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.339 And another Israelite. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.420 Israel that started off as one individual. 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.860 And became a nation. 00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:31.679 Is now back to one individual. 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.879 And there is another 40 days and 40 nights. 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.919 But there is a different result. 00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:40.279 Because these 40 days and 40 nights. 00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:43.279 Are the period of Jesus faithfulness. 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:45.879 You see what he is doing. 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:47.460 He is overcoming the evil one. 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.879 He is reversing. 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.039 The faithlessness. 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:52.019 Of his people. 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.440 And as he conquers. 00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.740 This evil one for himself. 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.359 And his people. 00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:58.039 There is a divisive. 00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.859 Decisive victory. 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.500 It is a victory. 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.639 It is a victory. 00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.359 It is a great victory. 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.719 But I want to say to you. 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:07.559 It is a victory for now. 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.299 As well. 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.979 That is what the writer has in mind. 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:13.919 Certainly what the writer of the Hebrews. 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.859 Has in mind. 00:22:15.979 --> 00:22:17.139 So in chapter 2 and chapter 4. 00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:18.279 He pulls this out. 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:21.879 You see the one. 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.200 That can help you. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.220 And aid you. 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.180 When you are tempted. 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.859 Is the same one. 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.759 Who has conquered temptation. 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.000 Himself. 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.579 And so there is nothing. 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.559 So comforting. 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.099 As knowing that the one. 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.639 Who is enduring. 00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.160 The same temptations. 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.539 As we face. 00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.920 And the same kind of testings. 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.519 We face. 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.799 Is sympathetic. 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.259 In our difficulties. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.519 And in our trials. 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.500 But you might say. 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.099 Well that is ok. 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.160 But Jesus can't really know. 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.779 What I am going through. 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.200 Jesus cannot really stand. 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.139 Where I stand. 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.440 Because he didn't yield. 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.099 To temptation. 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.019 He never gave in. 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.000 He doesn't know. 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.879 How bad it is. 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.299 He doesn't know. 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.579 How. 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.359 He never struggled. 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.299 Like I struggle. 00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.899 He needed to succumb. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.819 To temptation. 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.700 Like I do. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.879 He can't really say. 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.740 He knows what it is like. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.920 But that is not true. 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.279 Because you see. 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.519 It is only the one. 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:17.819 Isn't it? 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.899 It is only the one. 00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.740 Who has withstood. 00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.599 The whole onslaught. 00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:23.099 Of the enemy's attack. 00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:24.500 To the very end. 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.839 And is still standing. 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.220 That is the only one. 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.259 Who knows the full strength. 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.740 Of the enemy. 00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:32.919 The one who surrenders. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.839 Before the attack. 00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.460 Is completed. 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.599 Doesn't know. 00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.639 The full intensity. 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.279 Of the artillery. 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.000 And the weapons. 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.819 And the power. 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.939 And the vigour. 00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.899 And the offence. 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.399 Of the enemy. 00:23:44.939 --> 00:23:45.899 It is only the one. 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.519 Who can withstand. 00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.099 To the end. 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.919 And is still standing. 00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.279 At the end. 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.559 That knows the full vigour. 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.019 Of the enemy. 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:54.059 It really is absolute nonsense. 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.919 When somebody says. 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.639 Jesus needed to have consented. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.599 And succumbed. 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.379 To temptation. 00:23:58.619 --> 00:24:00.119 He knows far more. 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.119 Of temptation's power. 00:24:01.219 --> 00:24:02.079 Than you can ever fathom. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.359 And so what it means. 00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:06.119 Is that we have one. 00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.619 That is tempted. 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.339 In every way. 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.199 Just as we are. 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.160 So do you have a family. 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.160 Who may not be sympathetic. 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.160 To you being a Christian. 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.980 Jesus in John 7. 00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.500 Had brothers. 00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.380 That didn't believe in him. 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.120 He had no sympathy. 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.960 Within his family. 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:23.019 We lose loved ones. 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.360 And there's no mention. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.860 Is there. 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:28.180 Of his earthly father. 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.660 Joseph. 00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.019 After he's 12 years old. 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.559 In the gospel. 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.620 And most scholars. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.039 Conclude. 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.839 That his earthly father died. 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.180 Jesus knows. 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.759 What it was like. 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.359 His best. 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.579 And his closest friends. 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.420 Deserted him. 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.759 One of them. 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.619 Betrayed him. 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.099 People tried. 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.000 To use him. 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.279 He knew. 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.700 What it was. 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.420 To be looked down upon. 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.759 On the basis. 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.779 Of where he came from. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.559 He faced. 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.200 And endured. 00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.079 Death. 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.940 Death. 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.720 With a plus. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.139 Because. 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.139 His death. 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.759 In his death. 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.279 There was something. 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.879 That was connected. 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.379 In some way. 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.399 With the absence of God. 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.019 He was tempted. 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.759 In every way. 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.680 Just as we are. 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.819 And that's why. 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.960 Because he himself. 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.460 Suffered. 00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.659 When he was being tempted. 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.000 He is able to help. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.099 Those who are being tempted. 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.000 He knows. 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.920 What the road is like. 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.159 And he can bring. 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.019 To you help. 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.079 In your time of need. 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.019 There's a legend. 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.039 About when Hitler. 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.139 Was in control. 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.680 Of Germany. 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.940 That on one condition. 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.539 On one occasion. 00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.579 Hitler was going to visit. 00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.200 A cathedral. 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.019 And in preparation. 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.740 For that. 00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.859 The officiating clergy. 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:34.199 Came into the cathedral. 00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:35.479 And told the congregation. 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.919 Everyone whose father. 00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.579 Is Jewish. 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.879 Must leave the cathedral. 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.179 A number of people. 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.599 Got up. 00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.139 And walked. 00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.859 Dejectedly. 00:25:42.979 --> 00:25:43.500 To the exit. 00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.479 Then the clergyman. 00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:45.979 Came in. 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.399 And said. 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.539 All those whose mothers. 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.179 Are Jewish. 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.139 Must leave this sanctuary. 00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:52.339 And according to the legend. 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.759 The statue of Jesus Christ. 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.639 At the front of the cathedral. 00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.399 All of a sudden. 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.079 Became animate. 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.000 And he stepped down. 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.619 From the cross. 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.859 And sorrowfully. 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.400 Began to walk out of the cathedral. 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.599 Now I know it's a legend. 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.279 But you get the point. 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.000 Tempted. 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.779 Sharing in every way. 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.220 With us. 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.960 And it's no wonder. 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.759 That this Jesus. 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.579 Understands. 00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.299 What you are facing. 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.420 And he's able to help. 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.799 And so he's coming down. 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.599 From that high mountain. 00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:26.039 And he's not eating any bread. 00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.899 He's had no dramatic rescue. 00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.500 From God. 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.439 And he doesn't have any. 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.399 Royal robes. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.519 Flowing on his shoulders. 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.799 Or a crown on his head. 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.559 He's the son of God. 00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.679 And he's just the same. 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.579 Just obedience. 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.459 That's all. 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.679 And obedience. 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.159 Salmon. 00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.159 Makes much noise. 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.500 It just pleases God. 00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.039 That's all. 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.519 Let's pray.