Today on Summit Life, Pastor J.D. Greer talks about temptation.

The kingdoms of the world are exactly what Jesus had come for.

Satan is offering him a chance to have it through a shortcut.

To avoid the pain of the cross and the plan of God.

To walk on a path parallel to the plan of God, but not in the plan of God.

This is the temptation to compromise.

Thanks for joining us again today

on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host,

Molly Vitovich. When you hear the word sin, what do you picture? For some of us, it's something along

the lines of a wild party or an adulterous affair, even. It's watching the wrong movie or saying

one of the forbidden words when we stub our toe in the dark.

I think it's safe to say that impatience probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind.

But today, Pastor Jady explains that a lack of patience is at the root of a lot of sins.

Do you struggle with impatience?

Many of us do, so let's get to the bottom of this insidious quality

and learn how to combat it. Our message today is titled, Shortcut to Disaster. So let's dive in

with Pastor J.D. Matthew four, Matthew four, we pick up on the event in the life of Jesus that happens directly after his baptism.

And that event is the temptation of Jesus. And while what we are going to learn today from this passage is going to apply to everybody,

I do agree with Andy Stanley, who says that the lessons from this passage are especially pertinent to a certain

kind of person, namely those who are Uber driven. I'm talking about the 13 year old who when you

ask her what she wants to do with her life, she pulls out a flow chart and she talks for the next 15

minutes. You've known somebody like that? I have. The man who always finds himself looking back at the end of every day to evaluate,

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