FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
faith PATIENCE righteousness
2.Who said that??? Leo Tolstoy, Guy Kawisaki, George Washington
• The marvel of history is the patience with which men and women submit
to the burdens unnecessarily laid on them by their governments.
• Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
• The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
3. Passage: Luke 4:1-13
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 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. 3 The devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread. 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone.” 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. 7 If you worship me, it will all be yours.” 8 Jesus answered, “It is written: Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.” 9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. If you are the Son of God, he said, throw yourself down from here. 10 For it is written: ”He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; 11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” 12 Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
4. Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River just prior to our passage. He prayed, heaven opened, the Holy Spirit descended on Him like a dove and a voice came from heaven: "You are My Son, whom I love; with You I am well pleased."
Why do you think Jesus chose to be baptized
5. The desert experience included fasting forty days, have you ever fasted to the point of real hunger?
PERSPECTIVE
Ex 14:21-25 The Red Sea Crossing
Ex 15:22-24 Grumbling begins in 3 days, no water!
Ex 16 Manna!
Ex 17 Water from the Rock AND Enemies defeated
Ex 20 The Ten Commandments
Ex 32 The Golden Calf
Prophets Warn and Foretell
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
6. Satan had three big "IF's", Jesus' answers demonstrate
• knowledge
• understanding
• wisdom
7. In John 6:38-40 we are told why Jesus came: "For I have come down from heaven not to do My will but to do the will of Him who sent me... that I shall lose none of all that He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. For My Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise Him up at the last day."
Therefore, Jesus choose the ____________________ way?
8. Define patience:
9. How does patience ideally look like in a church community?
CHALLENGE: Fast from something this week
Visualize daily: pirate, ship, plank, crocodile, Jesus flies in, Jesus gets in your place, Jesus walks the plank....
Lent is a time to reflect, repent, renew and reconcile with God and our brothers.
NEXT WEEK: KINDNESS Luke 5:27-32
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