Be Gone Satan!

 Guest Blog by Gary Riedel

S - Scripture: Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.”

O - OBSERVATION: This occurred after the 3rd temptation when Jesus had spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting. In the first temptation the devil knew Jesus was hungry so tempted him to turn stones into bread and Jesus answered, It is written, “Man does not live by bread alone 
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Then the devil took Him to the Holy City, on the very top of the temple and told Him if you are the Son of God throw yourself down and the angels will save you. Again Jesus answered, “It is written, you shall not put the Lord your God to the test.” Then the devil took him to a high mountain and told Jesus if He would bow down to Satan, the devil would give Jesus all the kingdoms of the world. That’s when Jesus 
answered with the above text.

A - APPLICATION: From Jesus we learn important lessons about dealing with temptation, first He was tempted with every temptation known to man, so there is nothing new!  Secondly, Jesus fought back every time with a verse from scripture, therefore being armed with God’s Holy Word is always a good  tactic and makes our Pastor’s point that we should know the scriptures. Finally, point number three, tell Satan to be gone, "get thee behind me” in the king James version.

We can only do this because Satan has been defeated by Jesus! But to defeat him, we need Jesus, we can’t do it ourselves and we need to remind ourselves and Satan that Jesus has soundly beaten him and he has no power over us!!!!!

P - PRAYER Gracious Father, I’m so thankful You have defeated Satan for us, keep us ever mindful of that and remind us always when tempted, call upon Jesus and ask for His intervention. Help us to know He is always near and ready to help. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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