Obeying God’s Word is Fundamental To All True Success As Defined By God

At first glance, we might assume that Jesus’ life of obedience was a breeze, given that He was God in the flesh – the God-man. However, we often overlook the fact that, in His human nature and due to His sinlessness, He was more sensitive to the degrading effects of sin than we are. In today’s sermon, Pastor Julio Orozco Jr. delves into Matthew 4:1-11, an account that follows Jesus’ baptism, during which the three persons of the Godhead were manifested. After this pivotal moment, Jesus is guided into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to undergo a series of tests.

Obedience To God’s Word Is A Must

The Passage: Matthew 4:1-11

4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ² And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. ³ And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴ But he answered, “It is written,

⁵ Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ⁶ and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

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⁷ Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁸ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹ And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written,

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.

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