Jesus Christ, our Lord, Priest, and King, is our God and guide until our final rest in peace.
Psalms 48:14 KJV For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Luke 1:79 KJV To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
The stomach of Christ might not have always been full, but He was always full of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 4:1 KJV And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Luke 4:2 KJV Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
In All Thy Ways
Proverbs 3:5-7 KJV Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
In Luke 4, the devil tempted Jesus three times, attempting to exploit His human nature, although this was impossible since Jesus is the Son of God. The first temptation targeted Jesus' physical hunger, while the second and third temptations challenged His power and authority. Each time, Jesus responded with, "It is written."
If the devil succeeds in getting us to question or doubt the written Word of God, we will inevitably fall prey to his temptations. The Word of God is our shield and defense. If the devil cannot completely remove this shield, he will attempt to compromise it by reducing its effectiveness through twisting and quoting partial Scripture.
In Luke 4, the devil omitted the crucial phrase "in all thy ways" from Psalm 91:11-12, which is also essential to Luke 4:10-11 and Proverbs 3:5-7. The Word of God, written and unaltered, serves as our shield, protecting us in all our ways. If Satan had tempted Jesus 1000 times, Jesus would have responded 1000 times with, "It is written!" And so should we.
Luke 4:10 KJV For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Luke 4:11 KJV And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone
Psalms 91:11 KJV For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms 91:12 KJV They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Gospilled Minute #86
If Satan had tempted Jesus 1000 times, Jesus would have responded 1000 times with, 'It is written!' And so should we, in all of our ways. However, in order to resist temptation with what is written, we must know what is written.
Luke 4:4 KJV And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
If Jesus did not care about the salvation of the Jews, He would not have preached from the Bible in their synagogues. And if the Bible were not a sacred book that spoke of Him, His redemptive mission, and His plan, He would not have preached it.
Luke 4:16 KJV And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 4:17 KJV And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
Luke 4:18 KJV The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 4:19 KJV To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
You are not a minister of the Gospel if you do not preach the Book that Jesus has given us, the same Book that turns eyes upon Jesus.
Luke 4:20 KJV And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Prophet, Priest, King, and Lord, fulfills all Scripture, for He is the Word of God.
Luke 4:21 KJV And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
You will read or hear no more gracious words.
Luke 4:22 KJV And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
And you still do not understand that these synagogues that rejected Jesus Christ became members of the Synagogue of Satan?
Luke 4:28 KJV And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Luke 4:29 KJV And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
His word has demonstrated this power for all of time and eternity. Name a more powerful Book.
Luke 4:32 KJV And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Even the they/them devils know the Holy One of God, Jesus Christ. The question is, do you? The Good News is that such knowledge in the hearts of men leads to life, whereas such knowledge of the devils leads to their destruction, and yours too if you reject such knowledge that is gifted to us by faith.
Luke 4:33 KJV And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Luke 4:34 KJV Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
Gospilled Minute #48
The devils believe that Jesus is the Son of God, my friends; the question remains, do you have the faith that believes, repents, and works for the glory of God?
Luke 4:41 KJV And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
Indeed! What a Word this is! If you are not amazed, you are probably damned.
Luke 4:36 KJV And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Jesus Christ is the most famous and, to the Jews, infamous person in the world.
Luke 4:37 KJV And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
Jesus preached the Kingdom of God, and so do we, along with 'Christ is King.'
Luke 4:43 KJV And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
The Israel of God is part of the Kingdom of God. This truth is typified through the blessing of Israel upon Ephraim and Manasseh, who were part of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which was separated from the Southern Kingdom of the Jews. Jesus was born among the Jews so that He could spiritually reunite the Kingdom of Israel by faith, in accordance with the blessing of Israel.
Genesis 48:16 KJV The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Genesis 48:20 KJV And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Sadly, many will unprofitably scroll and argue more than pray today.
Job 15:3-4 KJV Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Many do not trust in God while believing that God should trust in them.
Job 15:15 KJV Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
In God we trust! All else is vanity.
Job 15:31 KJV Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
The unrepentant American church and state.
Job 15:34 KJV For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job 15:35 KJV They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Father, we pray more than scroll and argue today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
