Jesus: An Emerging Portrait

Temptation

Speaker: Greg Holder

Service Date: January 14, 2024

Temptation

Read:

  1. Phil 2:9-11
  2. Deuteronomy 8:3
  3. Matthew 4:1-6, 11
  4. James 4:7

Reflect: 

  1. What stands out to you in the passage of Matthew 4:1-6?
  2. What comes to mind when you hear the word "temptation?"
  3. How does knowing that Jesus faced temptation and fought against it frame your perspective of who God is?
  4. What sort of temptations do we see in our culture today?
  5. Has there ever been a moment where you have been tempted to doubt the goodness of God? Were you able to trust God in it?

Do:

  1. Take time to reflect on an area in your life where you may be struggling with temptation and ask God to help you with it.
  2. Find a verse in scripture that comforts you and helps you to lean on God's strength. Then, try to commit it to memory. 
  3. Reach out for help by emailing pastors@thecrossing.church or ask for prayer.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15