Matt
4:10 For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
NIV
Jesus
had fasted for forty days while in the desert. He was hungry and in His human
body, He must have lacked energy. Satan, called the tempter, tempted Jesus in
three different ways. In all three cases, Jesus answered with scriptures taken
from the book of Deuteronomy. Satan’s last attempt was to coerce Jesus into
worshipping him. Jesus’ answer was a combination of Deut 6:13 and 10:20. It was
His final word to the tempter as He ordered him to “be gone!”
O
that we would learn the power of God’s word in resisting the tempter. This
final word to Satan is at once majestic,
instructive, and encouraging.
Majestic: in it’s description of
God. The phrase for “Lord your God” here in the Greek uses Kurion (denoting
supremacy in authority) and Theon (supreme divinity). But even more majestic is
the language of Deuteronomy that was quoted. Yahweh (The I am, self existent,
eternal) and Elohiym (the plural name of
a single God). The God that we are being told to worship and serve is eternal
and supreme. He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is all omnipotent, omniscient,
omnipresent. He is able to do far more abundantly, beyond all that we ask or
think (Eph 3:20). He is worthy to be worshipped and served!
Instructive: Jesus really simplifies
our duty in this life. Our lives as Christians are to be about worshipping and
serving God and no one else. What we say and what we do should be guided by
this commandment!
Encouraging: Notice it says the Lord,
“your” God. It is personal
relationship that a believer has with this Almighty God. He is a God who cares
about us individually. In Matthew 6 Jesus tells us that He provides food and
clothing for us. 1st Peter tells us to cast our cares upon Him
because He cares for us. He died on the cross to prove His love for us! If you
have trusted in Christ for salvation and are allowing Him to be Lord, He is
YOUR GOD!
The
Bible teaches that we are to flee temptation, using the way of escape provided
by God (1 Cor 10:13), but it says that we are to resist the tempter (Jas 4:7) and that he will flee from us!
If
you have not yet made this amazing God your God yet, I pray that today will be
the day of your salvation. If you want to know how, on the right side of
Coach’s Corner blog, there are instructions to help you do just that.
God
bless you,
Coach
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