Texts: Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1-11

The Setting of Christ’s Temptation (Mark 1:12-13)

• Christ’s temptation is set in the wilderness without food or worldly comforts. 
• Christ’s temptation was Satan’s strategic assault on His mission to the cross.

The Schemes of Satan’s Temptation (Matt. 4:1-11)

• The temptation of self-sufficiency
• The temptation of self-preservation
• The temptation of self-exaltation

The Strategy of Christ’s Triumph over Temptation (Matt. 4:1-11)

• In each encounter with Satan, Christ wielded the Word of God as His weapon against Satan’s schemes.
• Like Christ, we must trust in God’s sufficient Word for victory over temptation.