S9E30: An Opportune Time (Gathered Up in Christ pt. 2)

Sermon #487

When temptation comes, what do we do?  Do we resist it?  Do we hand it over to God?  Do we go to scripture and seek the Holy Spirit for strength?  All those things we can do, but most of us give very little thought to the temptation and dive right in to sin.  When Jesus fasted in the wilderness, he faced the same temptations that the Israelites faced for forty years in the wilderness.  The difference is, He did not give in to temptation, and instead used the words of Moses (scripture) to defeat the devil.  In this story, which begins the season of Lent, we also see that even though the devil is defeated, he retreats until an opportune time.  He would be back to strike at the heel of Jesus, as he was nailed to the cross.  But Jesus emerges victorious at the end of Lent and on Easter Sunday.  Join us for the journey as we are Gathered Up in Jesus.

Luke 4:1-13

Recorded at Hudson UMC on March 6, 2022

S.D.G.