Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."

1) Temptation is a reality we cannot ______________ and we don't _______________ on our own.

2) Our Captain in this spiritual war has already ________________ our enemy and given us _________________over temptation.

3) Remember, when you are tempted, even when you ____________ __________, you are God's child,______________ and ______________ on account of Jesus.

Scripture Readings
Genesis 3:1-21
Romans 5:12-19
Matthew 4:1-11

Take It With You!

Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with what we are hearing.

[A]lthough we have received forgiveness and a good conscience and are entirely acquitted, yet is our life of such a nature that one stands to-day and to-morrow falls. Therefore, even though we be godly now and stand before God with a good conscience, we must pray again that He would not suffer us to relapse and yield to trials and temptations...

Temptation, however is of three kinds, namely, of the flesh, of the world, and of the devil....

Therefore we Christians must be armed and daily expect to be incessantly attacked, in order that no one may go on in security and heedlessly, as though the devil were far from us, but at all times expect and parry his blows. For though I am now chaste, patient, kind, and in firm faith, the devil will this very hour send such an arrow into my heart that I can scarcely stand. For he is an enemy that never desists nor becomes tired, so that when one temptation ceases, there always arise others and fresh ones.

Accordingly, there is no help or comfort except to run hither and to take hold of the Lord's Prayer, and thus speak to God from the heart: Dear Father, Thou hast bidden me pray; let me not relapse because of temptations. Then you will see that they must desist, and finally acknowledge themselves conquered. Else if you venture to help yourself by your own thoughts and counsel, you will only make the matter worse and give the devil more space. For he has a serpent's head, which if it gain an opening into which he can slip, the whole body will follow without check. But prayer can prevent him and drive him back.

The Large Catechism: The Sixth Petition of the Lord's Prayer (Lead us not into temptation)