Date: March 9, 2025 Text: Luke 4:1-13
Scavenger Hunt
(video can be found here go to 42:08)
I. Intro
What is a
scavenger hunt? It’s a game where participants go through a set of different
challenges (usually in different places) to reach a final destination to obtain
a prize.
With some
limitations, we can see that the Temptations of Jesus is a scavenger hunt.
Think about it – right after His Baptism He is led by the Spirit to the
wilderness for 40 days, he is tempted by the devil – honestly – throughout
these 40 days. Then, by the very end, devil through at Him three more
challenges Jesus needs to overcome. Spoiler alert, He won!
II. Text –
Luke 4:1-13
a. Stone into bread
b. Glory of the kingdoms vs. faithfulness to God
c. Premature
victory vs. fighting to the end
III. Take
away
It would not
be a sermon if I would stop here – it would be a TED talk.
What makes
it a sermon – let us read carefully the very end, v. 13. What is an opportune
moment? Passion time:
a. He shares the bread even with Judas
b. He stays faithful even begging to find another way
c. He
proclaims the completion of the mission
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