SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him…
OBSERVATION: The important role of the Holy Spirit continues in chapter four. Jesus had been filled with the Holy Spirit at His baptism in Jordan by John. Now he returned “full” of the Holy Spirit. There a fresh, new, empowering relationship with the Holy Spirit as Jesus steps out into the ministry for which He was sent.
Now that the Sinless Man is walking in the anointing of the Third Person of the Godhead, one might expect the beginning of a fantastic ministry, one for which the world had long waited.
But preparation was still lacking. There needed to be an encounter with the one who tempted Eve in the garden. This Sinless Man would have to resist the temptations of the evil one. NOTE: it was not the devil who trapped Jesus in the wilderness, but the Spirit who led Jesus into the wilderness.
The timing was right. The anointing was present. The battle was engaged. JESUS WON!!!
APPLICATION: After Jesus was victorious over Satan’s temptation, Luke says: 4:14 “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.”
Before Jesus took spiritual authority over those to whom He would minister, He took spiritual authority over the personal temptations of the devil.
PRAYER: Lord, you desire to use me to bring victory over Satan and temptation in the lives of those around me, but first you want to establish victory in my life. I declare that You are Lord! With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will live my life so that others will know that you are my Lord! Amen
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