{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Red Letters Day 7\/8 Luke 4 Recap","description":"Satan tempts us in our strength and not our weaknessess  He then tempts Jesus in these areas: Provisions Turn these stones into bread  Jesus response: People can\u2019t live by bread alone  Possessions  The Devil told him I will give you all these kingdoms and authority over them because they are mine and I can give to whoever I please  Posture If you worship me.... Jesus replied: You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him  Protection The Devil took Jesus to the highest point of the Temple  If you are the Son of God. Jump off  Then the Devil used Scripture  How you going to use the Word with the Word  Jesus replied You must not test the Lord your God   The Digest  The Devil tempts us with our strengths, not our weaknesses. He knew Jesus had power and he wanted Jesus to use his power prematurely. Once he overcomes this temptation he will be ready for the mission field  Jesus was tempted and temptation is part of the human experience so he like us was tempted and didn't sin.  The Devil will misinterpret Scripture  The Devil doesn\u2019t isolate us to one temptation they are ongoing so we must be ongoing  The best way to resist temptation is the Word of God  Jesus was in the synagogue weekly making him the example for us to be in church each week  Your family and friends may not welcome your life in Christ and that's ok. Keep seeking God because you belong to the greater family and the Kingdom Family  Be a witness to them anyway  Where Jesus is demons flee. The demons have an agenda of \u201cinterfering\u201d   Demons are fallen angels ruled by satan to harass people, tempt them to sin, and kill them. God restores our health through faith like Peter\u2019s Mother in Law so that we can serve  He has the ability to heal all kinds of diseases with a word.  He shut the demons up to show his authority  His identity would be revealed in God\u2019s timetable  The demons know who He was  Jesus at daybreak went to a place of solitary to pray and be with His Father so should we.  We are to proclaim the good news more places How are you handling temptations? In what ways, have you rejected by family and friends due to faith in Christ? How do you handle or need to handle  Seeing the authority Jesus has and if you are his how can this help you combat the evil one. You have no power over me only which i give you.. The Chew  Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you  To help support this ministry  www.buymeacoffee.com\/gloribites To shop merch gloribites.com\/shop     ","author_name":"GloriBites","author_url":"http:\/\/www.gloribites.com","html":"