Shalom, my dear friends and dear brothers and sisters. We are going to continue with our study of the Gospel of Matthew. And we have arrived to the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. We are going to read in this message from chapter 4 verses 1 to 11. If you have a Bible with you, please open the Bible and let's look over this very interesting fourth chapter. And I'm reading Matthew chapter 4 verses 1 to 11. And so we read, Then was Yeshua, Jesus, led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a-hungered.

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said it is written men shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down. For it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hand they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Jesus saith unto him it is written again thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God again the devil taketh him up into exceeding high mountain and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them and saith unto him all these things will i give thee if thou will fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence Satan. For it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. I will stop here, beloved brothers and sisters and dear friend, with the first 11 verses of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew.

This chapter is a very interesting chapter because in this chapter we learn, by the help of the Spirit of God, that there was only one man that is qualified to become the Messiah of Israel, the Savior of this world. There's only one man that is qualified to be the king of the Jews. There's only one man that we read of him in the genealogy in Matthew chapter 1 that will be born of the virgin Miriam and will be the one that earlier we read in chapter 1 that you shall call his name Yeshua in Hebrew, Jehovah the Savior, Jesus in the Greek. Why? For he shall save his people from their sins.

There is only one that is qualified to save sinners. There is only one that is qualified to be the Redeemer, the Goel. There is only one that is qualified to be the Savior. There is only one that is qualified to be the one that fulfills that which God is intending to bring about, a blessing to this world that have gone astray. And so we have already covered the first three chapters of the Gospel of Matthew. In chapter 1, we read of the genealogy of the Messiah Yeshua, and we learn in chapter 1 that the Lord Jesus the Messiah could not be qualified to become the king of the Jews if he was the physical descendant of Yosef, the husband of Miriam, the mother of Yeshua Jesus.

Why? Because from the genealogy of Matthew chapter 1, we learn that although Yosef was from the line of Judah, from the family that was qualified to be out of his family to be a king from the royal line, And yet, because of the curse that God had cursed Jeconiah, Yechenyahu, in Jeremiah 22, verses 24 to 30, if Yeshua was a physical descendant of Yosef, he could not be qualified to be the king of the Jews. Also, because if Yosef was his father according to the flesh, then Yeshua would have inherited a sin nature. And because he is God the Son, who is the sinless one, he had to enter into this world in a supernatural way through the virgin Miriam by the seed that was placed in her womb by the Holy Spirit of God.

In chapter 2, we have learned of the coming of the wise men from the East, who have learned concerning the promise of the Messiah from such as Daniel, Hananiah, Azariah, Mishael, and many of the Jewish people who were scattered and carried in the Babylonian captivity when the temple was destroyed in 586 BC and these godly Jewish people who were faithful to the Lord although their brethren because of their disobedience were carried away to Babel and they had to go along with them yet there were many godly in Israel who did not forsake the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and maintain their faith in God and they trusted him and they will not bow their knees to images not bow their knees to men and not bow their knees to haman who sought to destroy the Jews haman the arga guide and godly men such as Daniel chananiah azara and mishael including we might say very clearly although we don't see Esther and mordechai ha-yehudid the Jew we don't read of him praying or even speaking to God yet.

We do know from the fact that he would not bow to haman the agagai that he had the fear of God in him there were many like that in spite of the vast majority of the nation who did not obey the Lord and that's why the Lord had to carry them to send them to Babel. In chapter 3 we have learned of the fact that the Lord Yeshua the Messiah came to John the Baptizer and John the Baptizer was the announcer of the King of the Jews of whom we did read in the prophet Isaiah chapter 40 he's a voice of one that cry in the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make his path straight Yohanan John the baptizer he was identified with the fact that he was the immerser why because he was challenging the people of Israel to turn back to the Lord and many came down to him to the jordan river from Jerusalem and all judea and all the region around to be identifying with the message of John the baptizer and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah also came and he was baptized by John the baptizer by Yohanan hamadbil although Yohanan initially did not want to do that because he said to Yeshua I need to be baptized of you I'm not worthy to even lose his sandals and yet Yeshua Jesus the Messiah did say to him allow this to happen allow this.

To happen he said to him suffer it to be so now for thus it he becometh as to fulfill all righteousness this is chapter 3 verse 15 and Yeshua identify with the remnant of Israel with the godly in Israel who wanted to turn to God and to confess their sins and repent and receive the king of the Jews that was coming to reign and rule over the nation of Israel well when Yeshua the Messiah was immersed by Yohanan the baptizer the Spirit of God came and laid upon him as he came out of the water and a voice from heaven of God the father came out from heaven publicly announcing this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased he is Yeshua is the son that was given he was the child that was born and so now when we enter into chapter 4 God by the Spirit of God shows us all shows all humanity shows his people Israel during the time of some 2,000 years ago of the fact that he is the one that came from heaven.

And was born through the virgin Miriam who was qualified to be the king of the Jews. So in chapter 4 we read verses 1 and 2, beloved brothers and sisters. It's extremely interesting how the same Holy Spirit of God that rested and descended like a dove enlightened upon the person of Yeshua Jesus the Messiah who just came out of the water baptized by Yochanan by John the baptized the very same Holy Spirit of God now led him into the wilderness and so we read of the Lord being led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness notice to be tempted of the devil in other word the Spirit of God God the holy Spirit have led him to go through the test to reveal to all the fact that he was indeed qualified to become the Redeemer the Savior and so we read then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to notice that to be tempted of the devil.

Now, it is very important, beloved brothers and sisters, to understand that the devil is tempting, beguiling, but God never beguiled. In fact, we do read, beloved Brothers and sisters, by the word of the Lord in James chapter 1 and verse 13 and 14. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed then when lusts have conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death the wages of sin is death and so Yaakov that is James he explained this in his letter to the early Hebrew christian and he's saying to them let no one say when he's tempted that he's tempted of God why because God not only that he cannot be tempted with evil but he also neither does he tempt any man you see beloved friend here we see the reality of what took place some thousand years earlier when God had placed Adam in the garden of delight when God placed Adam in the garden of delight according to the book of Genesis God sought to bless Adam and that Adam will be the one who will rule with his wife Chava and their descendants over this world to be really to have dominion to be the king of the universe according to Genesis chapter 1 we do read 26 and verse 27 that God said.

Let us make men in our own image after our own likeness and let them have dominion you notice the word dominion let them have rule over and then everything the fish of the sea the fowl of the air the cattle over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth and God created Adam men in his own image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them and God blessed them and God said unto them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it and have dominion notice the second time the word dominion is mentioned in Genesis chapter 1 in relationship to Adam and his wife chava Eve but beloved friend we know very well what took place in the garden of eden in fact we do read that God placed Adam in the best place he could ever look for and any one of us ever want to be in the garden of delight The Hebrew word for Eden is delight.

A garden where there is so much delight there. No lack of food. No lack of anything that one wanted to have. No wars, no conflict. Adam was an innocent man. He was not holy, but he was innocent. And yet, we do read, beloved brothers and sisters, according to chapter 2 of Genesis, that the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put men whom he had formed. The word again for Eden in Hebrew simply means delight. Adam was created by God to have dominion, to rule over this world, and to enjoy delight all his life. And those that will come from Adam, his descendants could enjoy delight had Adam obeyed the Lord.

And we know, according to the word of God in chapter 2, that God commanded Adam not to eat from the fruit of the tree of that one tree. It's called the tree of good and evil. And Adam violated God's word, disobeyed the Lord and ate from the forbidden fruit, disobeyed God and plunged the whole race, the whole human race into sin. And you and I who are descendants of Adam, all of us have inherited a sin nature. And so, when God has seen the disobedience of Adam, sin brought separation between man and God. And Adam no longer could have had fellowship with the Lord, so he was hiding behind trees, making for himself aprons out of fig leaves, covering his nakedness and his emptiness.

And since that time onward, everyone that was born as a descendant of Adam and Eve have inherited a sin nature, and by nature, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And so in order for restoring man to himself God had provided a way whereby he is going to do so and so he introduced the sacrificial system covered Adam and Eve with the garment of skin of an animal killed an innocent animal shed its blood to make atonement for the soul of Adam and Eve and thereby men could approach God on the basis of the blood of the sacrifice that was killed pointing to the time when a Mashiach will come and he will shed his own blood and he will bring once and for all redemption for mankind.

And from those days of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and their descendants, Sheth and their descendants, the godly line and the ungodly line, they were those that obeyed God and brought sacrifice in obedience to God, accepting God's way of salvation, but they were those who rejected. So up to about 2,000 years ago, sacrificial system was developed on the basis of the word of God. And he gave it to his people Israel in order that they will be able to approach him and receive forgiveness of sins on the basis of the blood atonement. And God introduced the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, all these sacrifices pointed to the coming Redeemer who would come in the fullness of the time and he will be the one who will restore to God what Adam lost.

And he will be the one, this is the Messiah, Jesus would come, and he will restore to men what God have intended for mankind. And here the Gospel of Matthew. Fascinating Gospel, beloved friend. God is proving to us, revealing to us, that this Yeshua Jesus is indeed the one whom the prophets of Israel were speaking about, whom God was promising that he will come in the fullness of the time. That's why chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 God has already presented through Matthew by the divine direction of the Holy Spirit of God to show the genealogy of the Messiah. The promise of the Lord through the angel to Joseph, Yosef, the stepfather of the Messiah.

The coming of the wise men from the East to say, where is he that was born, the King of the Jews? The fulfillment of the prophets that have been fulfilled in the person of Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah. The baptizing of Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah in Matthew chapter 3 to show us that he was identified by God as the one that is the delight of God the Father. Identifying also with the people of Israel who repented and wanted to have the kingdom of heaven established on earth and now in chapter 4 of the gospel of Matthew in our study we learn of the fact that this same Yeshua that was born the king of the Jews is now presented before us as the one that is qualified to become the king the Mashiach the Redeemer the Savior of sinners and so he is led by the holy Spirit of God into the wilderness so that Satan will tempt him as he tempted Eve and Adam some 4,000 years earlier.

The only difference is this. That Adam, the federal head of the human race, was in a garden while Yeshua is found to be in the wilderness. Matthew 4 verse 1 Then was Yeshua led up of the spirit unto the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. To remind you, the very same devil came to Eve according to Genesis chapter 3. Beguiling her or entering to the serpent. And coming to her and he said. To the woman, has God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? He began by causing Eve to doubt. And while Eve at this point of time was not nigh to her husband, Adam, yet you could see how Satan was successful to beguile her, And although he was not beguiling Adam, Adam was not only beguiled, but he was violating the clear command that God had given him, as it is recorded in the previous chapters in Genesis.

And so, here is the one that came from heaven. According to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, we do read that the first man, Adam, became a living soul because God had created him. But the one that came from heaven is the one that is Lord of all. We read, and I would like to read this to you, beloved brothers and sisters, in 1 Corinthians chapter 15. We do read, and so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul. Then he said, but the last Adam was made of quickening spirit. Yeshua, Jesus, is the last Adam. We do read in verse 47 of 1 Corinthians 15 also, the first man is of the earth, earthy.

The second man is the Lord from heaven so as we are looking into Matthew chapter 4 he is the Lord from heaven he is the last Adam he is the second man who came from heaven he is the one that was made that became a quickening spirit he is now being led by the Spirit of God allowing him to be tempted of the devil notice what we also read in verse 2 of Matthew chapter 4 that when he had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights he afterward was hungry again i would like beloved brothers and sisters to show us all the difference between the first man Adam that was of this earth earthy and a last Adam that became a quickening spirit the Lord Jesus the Messiah while Adam was in a garden of delight with plenty of trees and fruit that God said to him of every fruit of the trees of the garden you may freely eat everything he had he was not hungry he did not fast enjoy the blessing of the provision of God yet on the other hand.

The last Adam who came from heaven our Lord Jesus the Messiah he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and afterward he became hungry so imagine beloved friend the one that was innocent that is Adam he was in a garden of delight he had plenty and he was called by God to submit to his authority and to obey one command on the other hand we have the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah he is not in the garden of Eden but he is in the wilderness in the desert the heat of the desert he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights being hungry the one was called to submit to God's word in the garden of delight having plenty the other is still called to submit to God and yet he is in the wilderness fasted for 40 days and 40 nights and he is hungry the one is the man of the earth earthy and the other one is the last Adam who became a quickening spirit again I would like to emphasize that Matthew in this fourth chapter by the spirit.

Of God is seeking to present before was the one that was qualified to be a king of the Jews the king of Kings the Lord of lords and so here when Yeshua was hungry after 40 days and 40 nights without food he is now exposed to the devil who would seek to cause him to fall and to disobey God and so in the next verses beloved brothers and sisters and dear friend in fact from verse 3 to verse 10 we have the threefold temptations that Satan tempted sought to tempt the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah in three areas that we are all being tempted in our life and the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life in fact beloved brothers and sisters I would like you to see that as we will read just first of all once again from Genesis chapter 3 and there we see how Satan tempted Eve in these very same three areas Genesis chapter 3 in verse 1 now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field.

Which the Lord God had made and he said unto the woman notice the first area of temptation yea has God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden and the woman said unto the serpent and we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God had said, ye shall not eat of it. Now she of course added, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. But the Lord did not say, neither shall ye touch it. God said to Adam, who told his wife Eve, that God commanded not to eat of that tree.

And if he or she or they will eat, they will surely die. Secondly, in the next verse we can see, the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. God know that in the day ye eat thereof, that your eyes shall be opened, And that ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. Satan is leading Eve to assume that if God doesn't care for her husband Adam and her as well. And so you notice what we read in verse 6. The three areas in which man is tested. People are tested since that time. We read, and the woman saw that the tree was good for food.

It's the lust of the flesh. Secondly, and that it was pleasant to the eyes. This is the lust of the eyes. And thirdly, it says that it is to be desired to make one wise. And this is the pride of life. So she took the fruit thereof and did it and then we read in verse 6 at the end and gave it unto her husband with her and he did it we do not know how much time passed between the time that she offered to Adam the head the federal head of the human race who was her husband between the time that she offered to him after she ate and the time that Adam actually ate from it in disobedience but it doesn't seem to be too long of a time that passed by between verse 6a and verse 6b of Genesis chapter 3 but Adam violated God's word and by doing so and eating them from the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the eyes of them both were open and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons and then we read they They heard the voice of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. It was then that God had to ask Adam, Adam, where are you? No longer fellowship with God, sin crept in. And since that time, beloved friend, all the descendants of Adam were plunged into the sin nature. And we are all sinners by nature who need forgiveness. And here in Matthew chapter 4 we see the very same tempter Satan the devil is now coming to the Mashiach Yeshua who was now hungry after 40 days that he didn't eat and 40 night, been in a wilderness, and Satan come to tempt him as he tempted Eve and Adam, and ultimately Adam in disobedience sinned before God.

And so we do read in the very same three areas, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life these are the areas that all the descendants of Adam and Eve are experiencing temptation throughout our lives it was the John the Apostle Yohanan who said in 1st John chapter 2 to the believers in the local assembly to whom he presented the word of God saying love not the world 1 John 2 and verse 15 neither the things that are in the world if any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him then he said for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but of the world and the world passes away and the last the roof but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever beloved brothers and sisters this warning was given to believers that Yohanan was writing to to help them to understand that all that is in the world.

That is headed up by Satan who beguiled Eve and Adam who influenced them to fall into that sin and Adam in his disobedience to God plunged the whole race, the human race into sin in these three areas Satan, the ruler, the God, small g of this world ruling over this world here the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life and we are all struggling with this every day of our lives and so in the very same area Yeshua the Messiah was tempted by Satan but here we learn of the victory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah who was not allowing himself to disobey God and eating from committing things that Satan wanted him to do now sometimes someone asks the question could Jesus sin and the answer of course is no he could never sin and why because he was the sinless one he didn't have a sin nature not only because he is God Emmanuel Jehovah the Savior but also because when he entered humanity when he took union human nature with his divine nature.

He was born to the virgin Miriam therefore there was no sin the seed of a man involved here in bringing forth this baby that was born by the name of Yeshua by the name of Jesus he was the sinless one so in Matthew chapter 4 we learn the lesson that although he could know sin yet the pressure and the temptation was so great only to prove his sinlessness you see beloved friend and dear brothers and sisters that is essential to understand that the Spirit of God is desiring to present before us to prove before us that he was indeed the Messiah the promised Messiah and so the devil came and sought to tempt Jesus while he was hungry after 40 days and 40 nights of fasting being in the heat of the desert and the tempter comes to him to tempt him in the very same three areas that all people are tempted in from the time that we were born until the time that we die.

And so in verses 3 and 4 the devil first temptation is to appeal to the lust of the flesh and so we read in verse 3 and 4 and when the tempter came to him he said if thou be the son of God command that these stone be made bread and he answered and said it is written men shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God here is Satan seeking to beguile our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah in the area of the lust of the flesh the tempter saying to him if, notice that, using the very same thought that he is seeking to draw him to doubt who he is and the purpose that he came to this world.

And so he's saying to the Lord Jesus the Messiah, if thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Now again, I would like to remind you, beloved brothers and sisters, that the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, is the Son of God. And that he could make out of the stones bread and to satisfy his own personal need as a man and yet he would not do so because he came to do the will of the Father you see beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends the temptation of the Lord Jesus the Messiah was to prove that he was indeed the one that is qualified to be the Redeemer and you notice the answer of our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah it is written and of course knowing the word because after all he gave the Scripture to his own people the Torah the law was on Mount Sinai was given by God to his people Israel he is the eternal son of God it is his Torah it is his law that was given to the people of Israel you remember how God reminded his people Israel on the way to the promised land from Egypt to Canaan all the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do God said to Israel that ye may live and multiply.

And go and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way in which the Lord thy God led thee these 40 years in the wilderness to humble thee and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether you would keep his commandments or no. Verse 3 of the Deuteronomy chapter 8 says, And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knew not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

You see God called his people Israel and he's calling all to come to him and to trust him and to realize that yes men need bread we all need food to eat but man does not live by bread only. The spiritual food is the word of God. And by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. In other words, God wants his own creation to enjoy him. And so Satan is beguiling Yeshua the Messiah with the lust of the flesh, seeking to succeed, to beguile him. And he's coming to him and says if thou be the son of God command that these stones be made bread the lust of the flesh the flesh need to be fed and all of us are thankful for the food that we are provided with by the Lord and yet the answer of the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah to the tempter was it is written quoting the book of Deuteronomy chapter 8 in verse 3 where we read men shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God this is so precious to see the response of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to the one that is called here the tempter and I would like beloved brothers and sisters to remind us all that when you and I are tempted in our lives we are tempted not by God because God does not tempt anyone in fact it was James in chapter 1 and verse 13 who said let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God why for God cannot be tempted with evil.

Neither tempteth he any man God does not tempt anyone God tests us but he doesn't tempt us you notice what James says in verse 14 and every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust why we have this lust because we have sin nature the lust of the flesh and enticed and when lust has conceived it brings forth sin and sin when it is finished it brings forth death that's why the wages of sins is death death means separation physical separation spiritual separation eternal separation and our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah proving indeed that he was the son of God not seeking to do his own will but in submissiveness to his God to his Abba he said to the tempter it is written men shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, obeying the Lord, obeying God in His perfect humanity.

So the devil comes again in verses 5, 6 and 7 so the devil does the very thing that he has done in the garden of Eden and caused Eve and Adam to fall into sin. So the devil coming a second time to tempt Yeshua Jesus the Messiah with the pride of life in Hebrew it's called and so we do read in verse 5 and the devil taketh him up into the holy city this is the city of Yerushalayim the city of God is the city where one day Yeshua Jesus the Messiah will rule as king of Kings and Lord of lords and he set him at the pinnacle of the temple why?

The temple was on Mount Moriah and the temple was right there in the city of Jerusalem there on Mount Moriah and the temple is where God was to be worshipped and he said unto him once again if thou be the son of God cast thyself down for it is written he shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their. Hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone so what Satan does here he is quoting a portion of the word of God in other words he's saying if you are indeed the son of God well you throw yourself down and let's see if God is going to protect you because if you throw yourself down God had promised that he will take care of you cast yourself down for it is written in Psalm 91 verse 11 and 12 he shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hand they shall bear thee up lest thou at any time dash thy foot against a stone now notice what we read in Psalm 91 and verse 11 and 12 Satan doing something that often time he does he's seeking to speak or beguile by quoting a portion of the word of God and not the complete word of God according to Psalm 91 verse 11 for he shall give his angels charge over thee notice to keep thee in all thy ways Satan have eliminated this.

Part of the verse this part of this of the Scripture they shall bear thee up in their hand lest thou dash thy foot against the stone this portion of the Scripture that is found here in Psalm 91 verse 11 and 12 it's very important because it does say that to keep thee in all thy ways in other words God is going to take you and care for you in all your ways whether things are easy or whether things are hard in other words submissiveness to the Lord is necessary as God have through the psalmist of Israel have commended his people but we know very well that although the angels are called to minister to God's people and they are assuring us by the word of the Lord that God will keep his own people in all their ways and this is a messianic verse that speaks about the coming of the Messiah who will be kept by the Lord and so we do read beloved friend that the devil is quoting portion of the Word of God.

And the Lord Jesus the Messiah is responding in verse 7. It is written, once again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. That was what is given in the Word that God is not to be tempted. And that God's people are called to trust in Him. And yet, because of our human sinful nature, all have gone astray. All have come short of the glory of God. Oftentimes, we all fail in these areas, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. But here we can see how Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, who for a whole 40 days and 40 nights, He fasted.

He's in the wilderness the tempter come to him and seeking to beguile him that he will disobey God and in other words instead of leaning on God turn to the devil for help. And beloved friend how sad it is that in a world in which we live in often time men instead of turning to God for help are seeking help elsewhere. And the Lord Jesus the Messiah in his obedience to God is quoting once again the word of God thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God once again he's quoting the Scripture and he says it is written it is written thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God and he's quoting the Scripture to cause the tempter to turn away from him but in obedience to the word of the Lord in obedience to God the Lord is successfully did not allow Satan to be to beguile him and so in the next verses of our chapter beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends In the next verses, in verses 8, 9, and 10, the devil, that is Satan, now the third time he's appealing, this time, to the lust of the eyes.

He sought to appeal to the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, but now to the lust of the eyes. And what does he do? Verse 8, 9, and 10, we read, The devil taketh him, this is Yeshua, up into an exceeding high mountain. And he shows him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them. And he saith unto him, this is unto Yeshua, unto Jesus, all these things will I give thee if thou will fall down and worship me. Again, using the word if. If you will fall down and worship me, Satan. You see, Satan is considered in the word of God because of the fall of man to be the God of this world with a small g seeking to take the place of the true and living God in 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 we read the God of this world blinded the mind of them that believe not lest the glorious gospel of the Messiah should shine unto them Satan is also called the prince of the power of the air he is the one that is in charge of all that which is of course the Lord have allowed him to be in charge of because of the fall of man so he won't also this perfect man Yeshua Jesus the Messiah will fall down and worship him you remember beloved brothers and sisters and dear friend that already through the prophet Isaiah we have already learned of the fall of Satan Satan always wanted to take the place of God he was that Lucifer we read of him in Isaiah chapter 14 it says here and I'll read how art thou fallen from heaven.

O Lucifer, son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground which didst waken the nations for thou hast said in thine heart this is Lucifer in Hebrew Hillel ben Shachar son of the morning he was an angel that was created by God to serve God but he failed thou hast said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God above the angels of God I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north I will ascend above the heights of the clouds fifthly he said I will be like the most high Lucifer wanted to be like God to dethrone God and become that God to take the place of God but he was a creature that was created to serve God dissatisfied with what God had given to him so we do read yet thou shall be brought down to hell to the side of the pit they shall see thee shall narrowly look upon thee.

And consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdom? In other words, what we learn here from Isaiah 14, verse 12 onwards, that Lucifer fell because of pride. So now notice that because he wanted to take the place of God. He said I will be like the Most High now he is saying to the men that came from heaven of course Yeshua the sinless man who is also the eternal Son of God he is saying to him if you will fall down and worship me all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them I will give them unto thee now remember beloved brothers and sisters that Adam lost all the kingdom of the world and the glory of them because Adam did not obey God.

Adam was called by God to have dominion, to rule, to be a king of all this world. But Adam disobeyed God. And he plunged the whole human race into sin. But here we learn that the very same tempter the very same devil who tempted Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden is now coming to seek to tempt the Lord Yeshua the Messiah who in obedience to God in submissiveness to God he was tested, he was pressured it's like a goal that is tested by fire the pressure and the temptation that our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah experienced was far greater than any one of us would ever go through because you have gone beyond all what you and I ever experienced it's like the gold that is placed under the fire the heat of the fire and the more you are you are hitting the fire hotter and hotter the gold only proved to be real to be true to be pure and this fourth chapter and the temptation in the wilderness by the devil only prove to us of the purity of the person of Yeshua the promised Messiah of Israel and the Savior of this world and so listen to the response that the Lord Jesus the Messiah did give Lucifer.

Satan here in this fourth chapter he said once again the third time then said Jesus unto him get thee hence Satan for it is written this is the third time that our Lord Jesus the Messiah is quoting the word of God it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve in other word get thee behind me get thee hence Satan it is written thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve how wonderful to see how the Lord Jesus the Messiah again quoting from the word of God especially in connection with the challenge of the Lord to His people Israel to submit to Him and to obey Him and to be a people that will be blessed if they obey the Lord beloved friend how important it is for us all to learn from the Lord Jesus Yeshua Jesus the Messiah His obedience only prove to us that He is qualified to be the Messiah.

That we are called to learn from him and so we do read that third temptation by Satan which is the lust of the eyes what is the lust of the eyes look at all the world look at all the kingdoms of the world look at the glory of the kingdom everything can be yours but Jesus the Messiah again quoting the word of God from the book of Deuteronomy and he said get thee Satan hence for it is written thou shall worship the Lord thy God and him only shall thou serve so beloved friend what a challenge it is for us to seek to follow the Lord but here we see the perfection of the Messiah he is the one that have gone before us being tempted by Satan in all points just like you and I are tested in our life day by day we fail many times we fall, we sin that's why we need forgiveness we are tested and we stumble often times the point of pressure in our life comes so quickly when we cave.

But we do read in the word of God in Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 14 for as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also likewise took part of the same that listen through death he might destroy him that had the power that is the devil and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah was tested and then he did not fail he obeyed God submissive to the word of the Lord and so we do read beloved brothers and sisters in this last portion verse 11 we read that the devil now left Yeshua the Messiah and angels came to serve the Lord.

It says in verse 11, Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. You see, angels are ministering spirits. According to Hebrews chapter 1 and verse 14, we do read, Are they not ministering spirits, Send forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? The angels are serving God's people. And they came to worship the Lord and to serve Him. We do read, angels came and ministered unto Him. Beautiful to learn this, just like of old. We do read in the book of Psalms, in the book of Daniel, how the angels are ministering spirits. They are called to minister to the saints of God, to the people of God.

And here they came and they ministered to the perfect man, our Lord Yeshua, Jesus, our Messiah. How wonderful, beloved brothers and sisters, these verses of Matthew chapter 4, verses 1 to 11, The Lord being tempted by the devil and yet submissive to God, obeying God, proved to us that Yeshua, who could no sin because of his sinless nature, yet he was tested that the pressure was greater than all could ever bear. Only to prove, as fire proved gold, that it is pure. Here, beloved brothers and sisters, we see the man that came from heaven, of whom we read in the book of Hebrews concerning him. For such high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, suffered from sinners, and made higher than the heaven.

Hebrews chapter 7 and verse 26. Praise God for the person of our Lord Yeshua, the Messiah, who was obedient in his life when he was tempted by the devil. He obeyed God the Father and did not cave in to the beguiling of Satan. No wonder God said of him in Matthew chapter 3 at the end of this third chapter, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Well, my dear friend, may God bless his word. And may he encourage our hearts to trust the Lord Jesus the Messiah and to seek to learn from him. Well, until the next time, we say to you all, Shalom, Shalom.

Bye-bye.