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Today's Focus Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. After a fast of forty days and nights He was very hungry.

“If you really are the Son of God,” said the tempter, coming to Him, “tell these stones to turn into loaves.”

Jesus answered, “The scripture says ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’.”

Then the devil took Him to the holy city, and set Him on the highest ledge of the Temple. “If you really are the Son of God,” he said, “Throw yourself down. For the scripture says—‘He shall give His angels charge concerning you,’ and ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone’.”

“Yes,” retorted Jesus, “and the scripture also says ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God’.”

Once again the devil took Him to a very high mountain, and from there showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their magnificence. “Everything there I will give you,” he said to Him, “if you will fall down and worship me.”

“Away with you, Satan!” replied Jesus, “the scripture says, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only you shall serve’.”

Then the devil let him alone, and the angels came to him and took care of him.

LAGNIAPPE:

·         The Word breaks the “Spirit of Entitlement.”

1.     Law – Instructional teaching, how to live

2.     Word – Revelation of God’s will

3.     Ordinances – judgments – legal pronouncements, the way God runs His universe, rules of divine administration, the way He expects us to yield to that

4.     Commandments – faithful, religious principles, how to live in a religious community with each other, in a community of faith, how to worship, to worship

5.     Precepts – teach moral obligations before God, to care for the poor, social justice, protect the rights of others, how to live morally in an immoral universe

6.     Testimonies – ways in which He reveals Himself, by keeping His testimonies; self revelations, we invest ourselves in seeking Him, we come to know who God is by His testimonies,

7.     Statutes – limitations, walls of orders, civil and religious, these set limitations upon our lives to keep us from getting out of bounds, the walls of the canyon inside which we live

8.     Judgments – see Ordinances

Summary - Way – Thy Way of His word, commandments, etc.  The way of God, the scriptural way to live for God, the bible, the way God teaches us how to live, to think, and how to lead.  Thy Way is living the Bible Way.