Hello, my name is Matt Whitman. This is a podcast called The Ten Minute Bible Hour. It's a daily program where we work through the book of Matthew just a little bit every day.

Another thing I'd like to tell you is that I am the proud owner of a Nintendo Switch. But my son is the proud regular user of said Nintendo Switch.

And one of the games I wanted to buy for him was Super Smash Brothers because I've always enjoyed playing that in previous iterations on more primitive expressions of Nintendo consoles. And so we got it. We started playing together. I had to take it really easy on him because I'm not terrible at Smash Brothers.

And one of the characters I like to use is Ganondorf. And I got a couple simple little combos that I use that just work and work and work. I can make the big guy go fast and that's tough for people. Well, my son decided that he was going to start using Ganondorf.

And he talked to the friend whose main character is Ganondorf. And now when we fight, I'm having all kinds of trouble beating him because he identified my combos and added a combo or two to it. And I haven't figured out how to handle him yet.

Because they're the key that boys combos are going to be the death of me likewise. And I mean barely likewise. Jesus throughout the gospel of Matthew keeps using this to hit combo to fend off all of these tests to get thrown at him. Have you noticed the pattern?

Every time somebody comes at him and tries to tempt him, tries to trip him up, tries to mess with his head, get him to say something stupid, get him to break character or violate his principles.

He's got this one, two punch punch number one is rely on his relationship with his father. I was making the punch gesture for no reason. Like I'm here alone. It's not even like you can see it.

It was just involuntary. And I totally how I hit my elbow right on the edge of the desk. It was terrible and a really, really stings. I'm getting better. I'm going to power through.

So part one of the two in combo of Jesus is to depend on this relationship with his father. And part two of the two hit combo is to go to scripture and point to that.

The most famous example we get of this is come on. You already know where I'm going. It's Matthew chapter four. It's the temptation and the wilderness. This is before Jesus goes public. And I'm just going to jog your memory.

Even though I know you all got this one down. So Matthew four, one, then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

After fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry and the temptor came to him and said, if you're the son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered.

It's written man doesn't live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. So you can get God and Bible right there.

Boom, one two hit combo. Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

If you're the son of God, he said throw yourself down for it's written. No command is angels concerning you and they'll lift you up in their hands so that you won't strike your foot against the stone.

And just I cannot read that text without acknowledging the devil is intentionally misquoting the Bible there. I broke all of that down in the episode where we covered this way back in the day.

But for seven, Jesus answered him. It's also written don't put the Lord your God to the test.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain. Oh, well, once again, two hit combo. Bible God see what's happening.

The devil takes him to a high mountain showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. All this I give you, he said, if you'll bow down and worship me.

And Jesus said to him, away from me, Satan, for it's written, worship the Lord your God and serve him only.

Then the devil left him and angels came and attended him.

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