Showdown in the Desert
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Title: Showdown in the
Desert
------------- Date: 02/27/1999
Keywords: "dangerous” “resolve"
“sexually hungry”
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elcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in
the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: Luke 4:1-4*
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, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become
bread.’
4. Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Man does not live on bread
alone.”’
Questions
1. What did the devil use to tempt Jesus?
2. How did Jesus ward off the temptation?
3. What can we learn from this passage about resisting pornography?
Practical help
This temptation was uniquely physical. Jesus was hungry, the devil
said chow down.
To some degree all of us are sexually hungry. For proof, look to the multi-million dollar
pornography industry. Unfortunately, porn is a dangerous way to meet our legitimate need,
illusory in itself and often leading to worse forms of perversion.
Jesus’ response is instructive. Not only did He refuse the offer — “just
say no” — He also used Scripture to back His resolve. Go and do likewise.
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