Luke 4 - The Conqueror

 

Luke 4 – The Conqueror

 

You can be filled with the Spirit and obedient to God’s will and still experience temptations and trials. Because He faced the enemy and conquered, Jesus can identify with you in your temptations and can help you win the victory (Heb. 2:17-18). It is not a sin to be tempted, for Jesus was tempted; but it is a sin to yield. Satan’s promise is, “all will be yours”, but in Jesus Christ, you already have all things (I Cor. 3:21-23), and satan can give you nothing. Satan does not tempt God’s people indiscriminately, He looks for the opportune time, occasions when the children of God are weakened and prone to giving in. Wise believers learn to recognize the kinds of situations that make them more susceptible to temptation (Eph. 4:26, 27).

 

The Spirit not only gives us victory, but He leads us and empowers us for service. The people in the synagogue wanted a comforting sermon, not a convicting sermon. When Jesus mentioned God’s grace to the Gentiles, the people became angry and threw Him out! They forfeited His blessings because they rejected His word. The people who knew Jesus only as Joseph’s son found it difficult to believe that He was the Savior since they had known Him as a child and knew His earthly family.

 

Jesus fulfilled His commission by bringing healing and deliverance to the poor and needy by the authority of His word. Had He not overcome the devil privately, Jesus could not have defeated Him publicly. While the preaching of the Word was His major ministry, Jesus had compassion on the sick and healed them. We may not have the power to heal, but we can comfort and assist those who are needy; and we can do it in Jesus’ name (Matt. 25:34-40).

 

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