Novation Church Weekly Sermons

“Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.” Luke 4:1-2 NASB  Peirazo (“Tempted”): To test, to tempt, to try, to examine Is there a difference between TEMPTATION and TESTING? Why was Jesus led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested and tempted by the devil? “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things just as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 NASB Jesus passed every test that all of us have failed to pass starting from Adam and Eve, Israel, and all of humanity. The Trust test “And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” Luke 4:3-4 NASB