Truth Louder Than Lies
- Jul 14
- 2 min read
We are going to focus on knowing the source.
In John 10:10 we read the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus came that we might have life abundantly.
We understand that the enemy's full-time job is to steal, kill and destroy; he does this through three major types of temptations.
Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted as a man We read this in Matthew 4:1
He fasted for 40 days and then the enemy came with temptation 1 questioning his provision, his source challenging him to take that into his own hands to turn a stone into bread.
Then Jesus responded with it is written. At his weakness he beat the enemy with the word that was in his heart.
We see the same pattern emerge in Genesis when Satan came and tempted Eve. The first temptation was pointing out what they lacked.
We can recognize that that will be very possibly where the devil starts with us getting us to focus on lack and trying to be our own provider, our own source.
Satan twisted Eve's knowledge of God's instruction and he used it against her to confuse her. We see the same pattern emerge when Satan tempted Jesus. He literally used scripture but with the wrong purpose and the wrong attitude. He questioned Jesus's identity and tried to get him to use the word of God improperly.
Jesus overcame him again by knowing it is written thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God he understood the purpose and the heartbeat of the word and this again caused him to overcome this temptation.
The third and final temptation was to offer his purpose another way he tempted him by giving him the reason he came to this earth with the only catch: just bow down and worship me Satan is always trying to give us a shortcut if we will turn our worship to him.
At that point Jesus told him to just go away and that is weakest physically Satan immediately left. Jesus overcame those temptations that we all face. Satan hasn't got any new plans. He's doing the same thing in our lives. We must recognize it and find our it is written.
When we have it it doesn't matter what our physical state is. We will have power to overcome whatever temptation the enemy brings to us.
All he has is fiery darts as described in the scriptures but it's just thoughts that are customized to our situation and our fears but they fall into these categories are provision, our identity and our purpose. When we recognize it we can see the source and we know the lie. Then our it is written, the truth will prevail.
Which of the three types of temptations have you recognized the enemy trying to use in your life?
Have you found your, it is written?
What part of this message came alive to you and has become life in your life?
The word (Trust) it was like are we trusting God or are we trusting our selfs. It's like the devil working on that back burner. I put all my trust in God. I'm in a better place today with him. Before I knew the Father and his son Jesus. But never got into them. With Prayer or reading . But today the Father and his son come first .
Yes I've fallen short some times. Some times the devil will throw things in my path to see if it will stick . I'll tell the devil not today. I've got God on my side.
Everyone is different. But we all have The Same Father in use God. The Devil tries…
Thank you Pastor Aaron for a great message that is life changing if we will apply it!
Which of the three types of temptations have you recognized the enemy trying to use in your life? The enemy has used all three of these over and over in my life; however the one that seems to get me so often in identity. For so long my identity had been wrapped up in my purpose and I was unable to see them separately at all and was in this cycle of feeling like I wasn't worthy of God's love if I wasn't fulfilling my purpose.
Have you found your, it is written? Yes! When I fall short and the enemy comes with whatever…
Great message Pastor Aaron.
Which of the three types of temptations have you recognized the enemy trying to use in your life?
All three at different times however the most recent on going temptation is Purpose. The devil trying to convince me of alternative ways to grow BAM PA that sounds godly but really it is just a counterfeit and it wasted my time, effort, and energy.. I was able to see it FINALLY for what it was.
Have you found your, it is written?
Yes. When the devil attempts to convince me that God is not going to answer my prayers of praying for sick people and attempts to throw my "lack of numbers" of souls here in BA…
Which of three types of temptations have you recognized the enemy trying to use in your life.
First is fear the enemy time and time again I ain't enough or ain't qualified the enemy plants seeds also but they're not the kind of living fruitfulness kind it's full of fear and self hate I have struggled sharing the gospel with people over selfish pride on being labeled a Jesus freak it's gotten more of the stronger relationship you have with God the more people think their is something wrong with you.I have been guilty of labeling people oh why bother or write he ain't got a clue but when these thoughts come it's probably our enemy trying to stop us…
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