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¤ýPassage Luke 4:1-13
¤ýTitle Man Does Not Live on Bread Alone.
¤ýMessenger ÇÑÇõ»ó
¤ýDate 2011-05-08
 
Luke 4:1-13

"Man does not live on bread alone"

"Jesus answered, 'It is written: "Man does not live on bread alone."'"

Last Luke's gospel message told us about John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus. Luke described the baptism and genealogy of Jesus. Next Luke reveals to us the temptation of Jesus. We think is would be nicer for all humankind if there were no devil's temptation. But there is the devil's temptation to make us stumble. The devil¡¯s temptation looks sweet, but it is very dangerous. But because of the temptation there is victory. Jesus first won his own victory. This victory is for all of us. May God bless this time to study this passage about Jesus¡¯ victory over temptation and may we also live depending on this way to the victory!

First, man does not live on bread alone (1-4).

Look at verse 1. "Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert...." Ever since Adam was defeated to the devil's temptation, man has always been under the devil's control. The devil has defeated all mankind through temptations. Men have been helpless before the devil's temptations. Adam's failure was all men's failure. But Jesus was standing on the very place where Adam was defeated. Jesus was there to defeat the devil. But in order to defeat the devil he had to win against the temptation with harsh condition. The desert where Jesus was tempted glowed with heat like a furnace. The place where he was tempted was very gruesome and chilling. There Jesus had to undergo the devil's temptations all by himself.

How did the devil tempt Jesus? Look at verse 2. "...where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry." Jesus fasted forty days to prepare himself to confront the devil's temptation. So at the end of the forty days, Jesus became totally exhausted. At that moment, the devil came and tempted him. What did the devil say to Jesus? Look at verse 3. "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." The devil knew that he could offend Jesus' pride if the Son of God did not make bread out of stones.

It was a totally outrageous effort for the devil to tempt Jesus with the bread problem. Anyway, the devil said, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." Jesus said, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.'" Here, the devil tempted Jesus to show himself as the Son of God and to be realistic. But the devil's real temptation was, ¡°You should not have to die because of hunger. You have to earn bread by using any available means.¡± In this way, the devil tempted Jesus with the bread problem. In this way, the devil tempted Jesus to disobey the command of God. But Jesus defeated the devil's temptation with a word, "It is written." In the first round, the devil was completely defeated.

But the devil's temptation of the bread problem is not easy at all for all mankind. In time past and present, the devil's temptation to man to get bread by any available means has been most persuasive. The devil says continuously, "You have to eat, don't you? You have to feed your kids, don't you? You have to work hard to establish your future security for you and your family, don't you?" When the devil's temptation about the bread problem comes, most people, both young and old, become anxious until they become slaves of anxiety. Mostly, they are anxious because of their future security problem. It is not because they have no bread to eat, but because they are tempted by the devil and become fearful and restless.

Instead, they study to get skills and a better job to solve their future security. People dispair because of the bad economic condition but ironically they become more and more materialistic. More people go to college just in order to get a job-oriented education in order to get a proper job. Most young men do not study for the pure purpose of becoming educated. These days, most people see who can make a lot of money are better than those who have attained a Ph.D.
If a man becomes materialistic, there is a great danger for him that he will be an ungodly person. If he becomes an ungodly man he has to undergo all the punishments that ungodly people have to undergo. It is because man cannot serve God and money (Mt 6:24b). The job-oriented educational system heavily imposes on most people to be selfish. Job-oriented education makes people like Esau in Genesis, who sold his birthright for a bowl of stew. Esau said, "What good is the birthright to me when I am famished?" (Ge 25:29-32) He is a most despised person in the Bible because of his ignoble desire. The Bible calls Esau an immoral, godless person (Heb 12:16). What was Jesus' answer? Look at verse 4. "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone.'" What does it mean when Jesus said, "Man does not live on bread alone"? It teaches us a basic truth that a man is both body and a soul. Jesus knew that man is flesh, made out of the dust of the ground. At the same time, man is made in the image of God (Ge 1:27). So he is a soul. Man needs physical bread to satisfy his physical needs. But man also needs spiritual food to satisfy his soul. It is easy for anyone to ignore his spiritual body. In short, man must eat to satisfy his body, which is mortal, and at the same time, he must feed his spiritual body, which is immortal.

Jesus' answer "Man does not live on bread alone" does not mean that we only get spiritual bread and abandon our physical needs if we obey God. Rather, God is eager to satisfy both our souls and every needs of our life on earth. Plasm 23 says "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want, He makes me lie down in green pastures, he restores my soul" But devil uses the fact that we easily forget the spiritual needs and that we remember only what our physical body needs. Just as Esau said, "What good is the birthright to me when I am famished?", we say "what good is the spiritual blessing to me when I am hungry?" "What good is the bible study to me when I am tired?" "What good is God's love to me when I¡¡need something else?" "What good is prayer to me when I want to sleep more?" The devil uses our weakness that we heavily depend on our physical condition and that we see only what makes us feel good right now. Jesus said in Matthew's gospel, "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well" Man does not die because of the lack of physical bread, but because he lacks God's word. So we must hear Jesus' words, "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." When the devil tempted him, Jesus was weak and helpless after fasting for forty days. But he did not yield to the devil's temptation. Instead, he defeated the temptations of the devil with the word of God. "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Second, worship the Lord your God (5-8).

This time the devil tempted Jesus on the human level. The devil knew that all human beings have political ambition. Before election, presidential candidates bow their heads to the voters probably more than 10,000 times. This shows how people want to get political power and honor. Look at verses 5-7. "The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, 'I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours.'" The devil's temptation was to not worship God, but to worship the devil instead. In the Bible, the devil is called "the prince of this world" (Jn 12:31; 14:30; 16:11). In one sense, what the devil says is right. But actually, he is a liar. He cannot give all the authority and splendor of the kingdoms of the world. This liar wanted to tempt Jesus by arousing his political ambition to rule the world with authority and splendor. The devil's strategy was a compromise, and at the same time it was a threat and pressure on Jesus, suggesting that unless he compromised with the devil, Jesus could do nothing in this world.We need faith that God will enable us to worship God, not the devil.

What was Jesus' answer to this? Look at verse 8. "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'" Jesus' answer is right because it is the way to true happiness for all mankind. What does it mean to worship God? Deuteronomy 6:5 says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." Man must love God because if he doesn't love God, he loves nobody, including himself. This is the reason God tested Abraham to offer his one and only son Isaac as a burnt offering–to see if Abraham loved Isaac more than God himself. Abraham was ready to offer Isaac as a burnt offering. Then God said, "Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son" (Ge 22:12). When we worship God and love God we can love our family and our neighbor, as well as God's sheep. Therefore, we must worship God only.

Third, do not put the Lord your God to the test (9-13).

In short, this part is the devil's temptation of Jesus concerning an easy-going way. At this point, the devil tempted Jesus on the spiritual level. This time the devil used Scripture to tempt Jesus. He quoted Psalm 91:11,12, and tempted Jesus to prove himself to be the Son of God by throwing himself down from the top of the temple and landing on the ground unhurt. The purpose of God's promise in Psalm 91:11,12 is to assure his people that God will protect those who absolutely depend on God in doing his work; it is not at all to be used to "test" God. The devil's real intention in tempting Jesus to perform an acrobatics show was to persuade Jesus to fulfill his Messianic work in an easy way, or to take a "shortcut." Behind the devil's words was the implication: "You are the Son of God Almighty. So you don't have to deny yourself. You don't have to take up your cross. You don't have to die to obey the will of God for world salvation." The devil's intention was to stop Jesus from taking up his cross of salvation so as to disobey God's will for world salvation. The devil is a liar. The easy way sounds good. But there is no easy way in this world. There is a saying which goes, "No cross, no crown. No pain, no gain." It is because God made man to work hard for the glory of God, as well as for his own happiness. God made man to go through the way of the cross.

Jesus came to this world to die on the cross, but the devil tempted him, saying, "No, no, don't take up your cross!" Jesus answered, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." To Jesus, who came to this world as the Lamb of God to die on the cross and shed his blood, this was a difficult temptation to resist. But Jesus did not yield to the devil's temptation. The devil tried to fool Jesus with his skill, with which he had fooled all mankind after the Fall. Jesus said, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." We should struggle hard not to test God for an easy way.

Jesus defeated Satan's temptations by quoting the words of the book of Deuteronomy. Jesus used the word of God as his unique weapon in defeating the devil's temptations. When we want to defeat the devil's temptations, we must also use the word of God as our weapon. Thank God for his Son, that he opened the way for us to defeat the devil's temptation (1Co 10:13), especially from anxiety about future security.

Through preparing this message, I realized that I¡¡have been focussing more on my physical needs than on God's words and his kingdom. Like Esau who even despised spiritual blessing in order to satisfy his exact needs, I was almost despising God's good will upon my life. Last week, I had to finish my 2-year long experimental project in my graduate school and submit the whole data. I spent day and night in my lab doing the experiment, and rarely came back to brother's tent for sleep. I felt I was in so urgent situation that everything else needed to be a bit neglected for the moment. I even neglected the need of time and effort to contact God in prayer and in his words.
Through this message, I learn that I need to first seek his voice and glory. I have to admit that my life totally depends on him not on my prayerless effort. I also learn that I¡¡don't need to despise God's direction in order to satisfy my own needs. God already has prepared what we truly need. The temptation is only temporary but God's providence endures forever. Esau did not die because he was hungry but because of his spiritual ignorance. Jesus, on the other hand, made godly choses even when it was most harsh condition for him. Let us chose what Jesus chose. And let us live forever depending on this heavenly bread!



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