Wilderness Experience Sermon

Matthew 4 Sermon

Luke 4:1-14

“Into the wilderness”

2 perspectives

• Jesus & His followers

So what?

• Jesus laid the foundation of His relationship with Satan, which is victory
  • Genesis 3:15
• Jesus was tested for our sake in the wilderness
  • Hebrews 2:17-18
• Jesus modeled that a human can stand against the temptation of the devil by God’s word and God’s authority
• Jesus showed that He could be obedient even when God required hard things from Him
• If Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the wilderness, we can expect to be also
  • John 13:15
  • 1 Corinthians 11:1
  • 1 John 2:6
• This sermon is important because some of you have been in the wilderness, are in the wilderness are going in the wilderness
  • There is a season of wilderness
    • Ecclesiastes 3
• Why the wilderness?
  • James 1:2-4
  • 1 Peter 1:6-7 
  • Proverbs 17:3
• If you are a child of God, you will be led to the wilderness for God’s glory and your good
  • Romans 8:14

What does the text teach us as believers about the wilderness season?

• Lesson 1- we aren’t sustained and strengthened by food alone, but by God & His word (4)
• Lesson 2- we are confronted by our idols (5-7)
  • Luke 14:26
• Lesson 3- we are driven to God alone (8)
• Lesson 4- we are confronted by our sin (12)
• Lesson 5- we never let our guard down because the enemy is always looking for an opening (13)
• Lesson 6- we learn that God uses seasons of wilderness to refill and refocus us (14)
  • 2 Corinthians 12:9-10