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🗓️ 5 October 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:13.2 | Today we dig into the temptation of Jesus and the wilderness, which Mark briefly mentioned |
0:17.4 | yesterday. |
0:19.0 | After his baptism, Jesus spends 40 days in the desert fasting in preparation for the start |
0:23.6 | of his public ministry. |
0:25.2 | As his fast is coming to a close, the devil shows up on the scene. |
0:29.0 | The word used for devil here is an adjective, not a noun, and it describes someone who |
0:33.4 | falsely accuses, which is exactly what's happening here. |
0:36.8 | Remember the baptism of Jesus where God the Spirit descends on God the Son, and God the |
0:41.1 | Father says, this is my beloved Son? |
0:43.7 | The Father pronounced the Son's identity, and in the very next scene, the false accuser |
0:48.1 | comes to bring that identity into question. |
0:50.5 | His whole aim is to derail God's plan for redemption. |
0:54.3 | The enemy wants to get Jesus to give things up now instead of go to the cross. |
0:59.2 | Satan is more afraid of the cross than Jesus is because he knows it means his eternal defeat. |
1:04.5 | But Jesus fights his lies with Scripture, speaking truth to the false accusations. |
1:09.6 | Something interesting to note here is that Scripture is also the enemy's weapon of choice. |
1:14.3 | Twisted Scripture. |
1:15.8 | He pulls verses out of context, making them mean what he wants them to mean, making promises |
1:20.3 | he has no power to fulfill, the enemy knows Scripture and knows how to use it to his |
1:25.8 | advantage. |
1:26.8 | That's another reason why what we're doing here is so important, taking in all of the |
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