1995 issue 1 - sermon on luke 4:1-13 - the temptation of jesus part 3 - counsel of chalcedon

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judgement, so by his fall Satan lost all

sense

of

righteousness and truth and

moves

only

in absolute moral

darkness." - Leuski

Was this temptation desperately

bad judgement or was it a brilliant

tactic? There are "some things to

be

taken

irito

account,

to

render his

conduct

up

to

a certain point

intelligible, if

not

intelligent

.

These

are

as

follows: (1). Satan seems to

have counted

on

the effect of the

suddenness

of

the assault; in the two

preceding cases he had, as it were,

submitted the case to Jesus for

deliberate consideration; here he

shows Him the object of attraction

and fascination

in

a moment of time;

(2). He appeals to Jesus' deep- seated

instinct for obedience and service as

evinced

in

the foregOing answers.

This seems an attempt to betray Him

into that

form

of

religiOUS

subjectiveness, wherein it makes no

longer much difference who

or

what

the object ofsemceis, provided there

be scope for the unfettered assertion

of

the religiOUS instinct. This, of

course, gives rise to a

pseudo-

religiOUS

in

which the processes are

governed by man and not by God.

Religion is

not

worship

or

service in

the abstract; it is worship and service

of the true God, and according

to

His

revelation specifically." - Vos, pg.

338f.

The

Resistance

o the

Christ

There was nothing

in

Satan's offer

which recommended itself to the

mind and heart ofjesus.Jesus repels

Satan's temptation unconditionally

withafinal conclusive answer: a single

pronouncement from God's Word:

"It is written,

'You

shall

worship

the

LORD

your God

and serve Him onry.

His answer is a

reflection

of

Deuteronomy 6:13. Deuteronomy

6:13 reads literally: 'You

shall

fear,

(reverence),

only

the LORD your

God;

and you shall worship, (serve), Him

and swear by His name.

"Three words

sum

up

the duty of man: 'fear, serve,

swear.' To fear God means to believe

that He is the absolute Lord and only

Saviour, He with whom we must

reckon inevery thought, act, moment,

and place in our lives. To fear God

means

to

be unafraid of all men and

idols, for the more we fear God, the

less we will fear men. To serve God

means to obey His law and to work in

tenus of His calling with our whole

heart, mind, and being. To 'swear by

His name' means

to

place our whole

life before Him as grounded

in

His

word and truth, so that our every

word and action is in effect

under

oath to God. This is the confession of

faith." - R.]. Rushdoony, Law and

Society, The Idolatry ofTesting

God,

pg. 459. Jesus' answer reveals the

sharp contrast between Himself, Who

delights in worshipping and serving

God alone, (In. 5:30; 6:38), and the

devil, whose love

is

rebellion against

God, (Gen. 2:17; 3:4; Zech. 3:1;Jn.

8:44, etc). "Here we see how Jesus

acknowledges the absolute authority

of the

Word

of God

and

maintains

it

as the guiding principle of His life as

Man.

What

is written thereingives

to

Him the final, conclusive answet." -

Geldenhuys

With this answerJesus completely

rejects the offer of Satan that He

should compromise in order to gain

dominion over the world with the

help of the Evil One. Jesus refuses

to

secure a kingdom for Himselfby evil

methods. "He chooses ofset purpose

to establish and build up the eternal

kingdom of God along the road of

self-denying love, struggling with

spiritual weapons, suffering, and at

last sacrificial death, in complete

devotionandobedience

to

His Father.

He has rio desire to gain the kingdom

for Himselfbut for His Father, for He

alone must be worshipped and

served ." - Geldenhuys.

Jesus

understood

clearly

that

the first

commandment is inseparably linked

to the second commandment. It is

not enough to strive for Biblical goals,

(the worship

and

service

of

God

alone), we must also strive to reach

those goals by Biblical

methods

(the

worship and service

of

God alone

by

God's revealed means alone).

Lk. 4:9-12)

he

Third Temptation

Worship Satan not God.

The Circumstances

o

the Temptation

To set the stage for Jesus' third

temptation, (second

in

Matthew), the

devil led

Him

to

Jerusalem and set

Him 011 the pinl1acle of the Temple.

The "pinnacle of the Temple" was

"the wing of the outer wall of the

entire Temple complex. The exact

spot is not given. It may have been

the roof-edge of Herod's royal portico

(porch), overhanging the Kedron

Valley, and looking down some four

hundred fifty 450)feet ... This spot

was located southeast

of

the Temple

court, perhaps at or near the place

from which, according

to

tradition,

James, the Lord's brother , was

hurled

down. See the very interesting

account in Eusebius,

Ecclesiastical

History, II xxiii." - Hendriksen

Was Satan "leading" Jesus and

'setting"

Him

on the ' pinnacle

of

the

Temple" forcibly? Was Jesus being

controlledby Satan unwillingly? The

answer of course is NO "Like Job,

Jesus was placed into Satan's power

so that the latter might

tempt Him

to

the uttennost. The transfer

of

Jesus

to the Temple was physical. There is

no difficulty

as

to the willingness of

Jesus; He consented

t

the Father's

will 10 be tempted of the devil as the

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devil might will. We need

not

say

thatJesus transferred Himself to the

Temple; the motive power in 'he

brought and stood him' is that of the

devil. Throughout

all

three

temptations, Jesus only submits to

the tempter's

operations:

- Lenski

The Temptation

of

the

Devil

The

temptation was

If

You are the

Son of God,

cast Yourself

down

from

here; for t is written, 'He will

give

His

angels charge over

You to

guard

You.'

and,

On

their

hands they will

bear

You

up, lest

You

strike

Your foot against a

stone

"

The Use

of

Scripture by Satan

The

important thing to take note

of here

is that Satan is quoting

Scripture

( ),

although

h

is quoting

itforevilmotives.

In

fact, he is quoting

Psalm 91:11 andl2 ;"The cunmrigof

.

EE

_ternptati< Il

is

doubled bythf

devil's use

of

SCripture. By himself

quoting

Scripture

the devil would

blockany resort ofjesus toScriptl.\re;

He

would

wrest the sword of the

Spirit from Jesus' hand. The devil

shows himself expert in handling

SCripture." - Lenski

The passages Satan quoted seem

to

fit

his proposal to Jesus perfecdy.

His application

of

these verses seem '

to fit the context of the entire Psalm

91.

'The

deception does

not

lie in

misapplying toJesus whatreallydoes

nbtapply

to Him." - Lenski.Although

Satan omitted the phrase from Psalm

91;11 -.

"in .all your ways," the

oII1ission in no way misrepresents

the text. If the omissionwas essential

to Satan's argutttent,Jesus could have

easily destroyed his argument

by

a

correct quotation. The deception is

not in the omission. So, in

what

way

is Satan misusing Scripture? "The

deception in the use of this SCripture

by Satan lies in setting one Scripture special promise of God to the limit

against another.

One statement is and

on

the instant. Letjesus throw

stressed, and others that should

go

Himself down, from this great

with it are quiedydisregarded. The Temple height andplCove that God's

devil's way of

citing Scripture has promise stated in Psalm

91:11,12

is

been taught far and wide in thedevil's true. If esus has real filial (childlike)

schools, and some of his pupils and trust, the

deVil

imitates, he will

not

graduates are doctors who are quite hesitate a moment; and, of course, if

as expert

as

he is. One

of

their tricks God fails to keep His Word, that

which is constantly pra :ticed, often Word amounts to nothing, ahdJesus

on a large scale, is to combine a mass might as well be dead as to live and

of passages in a way that makes the . bank on empty promises. The idea

Bible say what it most certainly does that

in

the first and

this

temptation

not

say, in fact, openly contradicts the devil is promising to believe

in

elsewhere in the plainest language. ' Jesus

if

Jesus complies successfully

This type

of

deception catches the with the devil's suggestions, is

unwary, especially the devout among

untenable:

- Lenski,

them who esteem the Scriptures , Satan'sobjective in the temptation

highly ... " - Lenski. One thing is was "to

seduce,lesus

to test the

certain, Satah was well aware of the faithfulness of God in a purely

power

in

quoting the Bible arbitrary manner and to expect of

The Intent

of

Satan Him a spectacular intervention for

in

This

Temptation His safety," - Gelderihuys. Satan was

tempting]esus

\0

place FALSE

TRUST

5atan'sprep0saI-

w: @511sw

a

smis

:

. ij:meFamer, wnrdiWas

afme

same

If

You are the Son ofGod, cast

Yourself nature

as

the

DISTRUST

he proposed

down

from

here: (i.e., the pinnacle of to

Him

. in the first temptation. He

the Temple). What was his point? : .was calling

on

Jesus to experiment,

Satan knew

that Jesus trusted

to force a test

of

God the Fathertosee

abSOlutely in God for all His needs,

i

ndeed His promises could be

and

in God's word for all His, trusted.

The Resistance of the Christ

th Resistance

of

Satan

With

Deuteronomy

6:16

direction. In dOing so, He was being

the trueSonofGod, trusting,obeying,

submitting toHis Father'swill. Satan

must

destroy this faith, ifhe is to win

this battle. And so he reasons

If

By a single pronouncement from

Jesus is such a true and trustful Son God's Word,Jesus finally repels this

of God, let Him demonstrate that fact temptation:

It

is

said;

'You shall not

by something that is more decisive force a teston the LORD

your

God:

than just continuing patiently in which is a quotation from

hunger. That, the devil implies, is.a Deuteronomy 6:16. He does

not

cheap way of showing real trust.

Yet

,

correct the

omission

in

Satan's

like the liar he is, this cheap way was quotation and He does not argue

the very one he assailed first of all withSatan,for Heknows thatheisan

when he sought to entice Jesus to incorrigible deceitful liar, He simply

give up that trust by

not

waiting for quotes the words

of

Deuteronomy

bread from God but by rushing

to

6:16. In this mann\ IJesus rejects all

provide it Himself.Theheroicwayto self-will, self-seeking, self-displayand

prove trust, Satansays,is to testsome fanaticismas being incompatible with

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God's Word and

God's

will.

Furthermore, He rebukes the devil

for suggesting that it

is

ever proper

for anyone

to

force a test on

God,

demanding that

He

prove His

faithfulness and reliability before

man's bar of judgement. It is self-

destruction

to

see how far one can go

with God, forcing God to act. Godis

the Judge of man, not man the judge

of God.

The Historical Context

of Deuteronomy 6:16

Deuteronomy

6:16

reflects the situation of

Israel described in Exodus

17:1-7,howthatatMassah

and

Meribah

the

murmuring Israelites, in

irrational unbelief, accuse

God and Moses of cruelty,

and try to force God to

prove Himself. They were

ready to stone Moses to

death and to provoke God

to action, because, without

water, they were convinced

that Godhad brought them

out to the desert

to

kill them. They

tempted or proved Jehovah,

which means that they tried to

ascertainby experiment whether His

power

to

lead them to Canaan could

be relied upon. It was a proving

springing from

doubt

or outright

unbelief. - Vos, pg. 338.

The Application

ofDeuteronomy 6:16

by Jesus

to His

Own Li e

By

this

quotation,

(taken in

context), Jesus is clearly indicating

that throwing HimseU down from

the pirmacle of the Temple, trusting

that God's angels would catch Him,

would be

no different than the

conduct

of the unbelieving,

murmuring Isrealites in the

wilderness. This may be difficult

for

some to see, for it would appear, on

the surface, that doing what the devil

suggested would be a great act of

faith. How could it be the opposite: a

great act of unbelief? Geerhardus Vos

answers : It

ce

rtainly required a

degree of [rust

to

perform the act

commanded

by

Satan. And yet, while

a momentary abandon to faith, the

venture would have been inspired by

the shrinking from a protracted life

offaith. In the sequel, our Lord would

have been led on in His ministry, not

by an ever renewed forth-putting of

the same act of trust that God would

preserve

Him, but

by the

remembrance of this one supreme

experiment, which rendered further

trust superfluous. It would have

involved an impious experimenting

with

the dependability of God.

Afterwards ,

His

sense ofsafetywould

have depended, not on the promise

of God,

but

on the demonstration

solicited by Himself. (pg. 338)

Jesus knew full well that this

unnecessary,

reckless, and

unbelieving exposure to danger just

to

see His Father's reaction was an

evil act ofunbelief and an audacious

affront to the character of God. He

knew that the devil's proposal has

nothing

to

do with humbly trusting

in the protective care promised in

Psalm 91. He therefore very

appropriately answers the tempter

by quoting Deuteronomy 6:16. -

Hendriksen.

"A true son knows what his father

says and means; so Jesus knows that

all the great promises of His Father's

protection are meant for our

humble

trust in Him and never once for our

presumption. twould be a caricature

of humble trust to take a gracious

promise of God and bysorne

foolhardy act to challenge

God to see whether Hewill

indeed,do whatHehassaid,

or still worse, simply

presume that He must do

what His words say.' -

Lenski

.TheDijferenceBetween

Jesus

ay of

Quoting the

Bible and Satan s ay

oj

Quoting the Bible

Jesus does not set one

Bible passage AGAINSt

another Bible passage.Jesus

places one Bible passage BESIDE

another Bible passage, so that they

can

explain each

other.

He

understood the great principle of

Bible

interpretation:

The

only

infallible interpreter of the Bible is

the Bible. The Bible is explained and

must

be

explained by the Bible We

may not place our own, or anyone

else's, ideas

intO

any Bible passage,

and then interpret the text in

the

light

of our

own

preconceived

notions. "Any

false

conclusions or

deductions drawn from anyone

passage are eliminated by comparing

this with other pertinent passages.

No

man dare force into a passage a

thought that contradicts

another

passage. - Lenski

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(Lh ..

4:13)

The Defeat and

Departure o the

Devil

And wheri the devilhad finished

every temptation, he departed from

Him

until

an opportune time: Lk.

4: 13.

Satan tried every trick he knew

to

get jesus to sin, but he knew

he

had

failed. So

vanquished,

he

departed fromjesus,

but

not for good.

He waited for an opportune time to

return

to the battle. And so,

throughout Jesus' earthly life time

and again, Satan renewed his evil

assaults

on

jesus, whenever

the

The

Temptation to

Avoid Humiliation

On

the Way to Exaltation .

This ' entire experience

in

the

wilderness was humiliating

for

our

Divine-human Savior. The physical

limitations were hUmiliating, e.g.,

hunger, thirst, physical eXhaustion.

And tHe temptations thernselveswere

humiliating. And yet,

if

He were

to

bear in Himself for

u

and in our

place 'the full consequences and

effetts of sin, He

had

tobe humiliated

to

the deepest levels.

head,Gen. 3:15,and thus to eradicate

evil from the

human

race-and from

creation. "The

Son ofGod appeared

for

this

purpose,

that

He

might destroy the

works ofthe devil: - I

john

3:8. The

Son

of

God was manifested to undo

what the devil has done and is doing;

to

counteract and counterwork with

him, in respect

of

all his doings

generally;but especially in respect of

his imparting

to

us, as his children,

the germ or seed

of

his own sin of

insubordination to the authority and

law of God. - Candlish, ExpoSition of

John,

pg. 127.

situatidn was opportune: Lk.11:l3; Jesus eJ9sted asMessiah in a state

Mark 8:32-33. He even temptedjesus

of

humiliation.

Aftdthat

had been

In

Matthew 12:22-29, after being

through Peter, His close friend and ' passed through, a state

of

exaltation interrogated by the Pharisees for

disciple . But it was especially when would follow, inwhich thesevarious casting a demon oUt of a Person and

the

Lord

on

the eve of the crucifixion

things

now

offered

to

Him as- discrediting their charges, Jesus

wrestled in Gethsemane

that

Satan temptations would becomeperfectly explains that:

(1).

He came to earth

attacked Him in person and with all normal and allowable.

What

was

not

for the express purpose of . biI1ding

the power

and savagery of hell ill a illherently sillfulbecalne so in His the strongman, (Le.,Satan),andof

desperate attempt to overcome Him case,be9auseofthelawofhumiliation plundering his property, (Le.,

before HeJinally triumj:lhecLinJlis andservice

underwhichHis

life

had

. delivering those in bondageto him),

death on

the cross over all the o w e r s { ~ ~ i l i

p r ~ ~ ; - t b ~ ~ ~ put

- - H e n c ~ ,

.

Rev :-20:2; ima(2). Thecasting6ui of

of darknessandconfirmed His victory while Satan counsels Him

to

act like delnons

is

traced

to

the fact that the

through

the

resurrection and a sUper-man, in principle like God, Kingdom of God has come in all its

ascension. - G ~ l ? e r t h u y s .

our

Savior, with His repeated stress s ~ g power in the coming ofJesus

.

The Point o on what

a man is obligated to, Christ to earth. Wherever Christ's

the Three Temptations

repudiates such self-eXilltation. It

is

kingdom comes; Satan's' kingdom

highly significant in 'this connection, retreats, Lk . 11:20. As jesus 'said,

The Temptation

to Live that the words wherewithJesus repels

"But if cast

out

demons y the Spirit of

For Self,and Not for God the tempter are takenfrom the Torah, . God, then t

he Kingdom

ofGod has come

]Jnder this triple form,

the

t h e B o o k o f t h e L a ~ D e u t e r o n o m y ) ,

uponyou:Mat.12:28.

The defeat of

temptation is one.

Work

miracles for as though by thus placing Himself Satan in

the

wilderness was also a

ThiI1e own advantage. Be Thine own under the Lawjesuswished to remind

part

ofjesus' ministry of binding the

ambassador,

and not

God's. Seek Satan of the' real matter at issue the strong man so 'as

to

advance His

Thyself; instead

of

consecrating question

of

humiliation versus' the own Kingdom by plundering

Thyself

tb

the glory

of

Thy Father's assertion ' of

the

prerogatives Satan's house.

kingdom.

In

theverynature ofthings , belonging to a state of gloty. - G. If, then, the whole purpose of

temptation

must

always

be

one; for Vos,

Biblical

Theology,

pg. 335. Christ's first appearingwas to remove

there isonIyone way ofvi6lating the

the

Conclusion ofJesus' - sins and [ undo the 'Works of the

moral law; namely, to live to one's

Temptation in the Wilderness devil

, Christians must not

self,

and not

to God, to substitute compromise with either sin

or

the

selfishness forlove. -

E. De

Pressense,

T h ~ Binding of

devil,

or

they will find themselves

Jesus Christ: His Times,

Life

and

the Strong

Man" fighting against Christ.

If

thefitst

Work

; pg. '237, Hodder and (Mat.

12:28j)

step to holiness is to recognize the

Stoughton, Londori, 1879. Jesuscameto earth to crush Satan's sinfulness .of sin,

both

in its essence

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as lawlessness

and

its diabolical

origin, the second step s to see its

absolute incompatibility with Christ

in

His sinless Person andsavingwork.

The more clearly we grasp these facts

the more incongruous willsin appear

and the more determined we shall be

to be rid of it. - Scott, I

John,

(Tyndale), pg. 125.

(lk. 4:14-15)

The Beginning of

Jesus Preaching Ministry

AndJesus retumed

to Galilee

in

the

power

of the Spirit; and news about Him

spread through all the surrounding

district.

And He began

teaching

SECOND, in submitting Himself

to temptation, Jesus is setting an

example of constancy in obedience

and resistance to sin for all Christians

to

follow, Heb. 12:2,3. The fact that

Christ was almighty and victorious

in His resistance, does not unfit Him

to be an example

for

imitation to a

weak and sorely tempted believer.

Because

our

Lord overcame His

temptations, it does not follow that

His conflict and success was an easy

one for Him. His victory cost Him

tears and blood, Isa. 52:14; Mat.

while

t

was supported and

strengthened by the divine, was FOR

THIS VERY REASON

subjected to a

severer strain than an ordinaryhuman

nature is. - Shedd, pg. 345f, Vol. II.

THIRD, by His

mighty

and

truimphant resistance of temptation

and victory over Satan, Christ reveals

His power to help all those who are

being tempted to resist the

temptations and get the victory over

them. For since He Himself was

tempted in that which He has

suffered, He is able to come to the aid

in their synagogues

and was

praised by all.

This little paragraph of

verses 14-15 is a bridge, a

transition, (of about a year's

time), betweenJesus'baptism

and temptation

on

one hand

and the full tide of His

ministry in Galilee, while

omitting the events that lie

between these events. The

preparation for

and

inauguration

of

Christ's work

{f n

submitting

Himself

t

temptation l

Jesus is

setting

an

example o

of

those who are tempted,

Hebrews 2:18.

For we do

not

have a high priest who

cannot sympathize with our

weaknesses,

but

One who

has

been

tempted

in

all

things as we are, yet without

sin. Let us therefore draw

near with confidence to the

throne of grace, that we may

receive mercy and may find

grace to help in time of need,

Hebrews 4:15-16.

constancy in obedi-

ence and resistance

t

sin

for

all Christians

t

follow. I I

Because

Jesus was

has ended. The beginning

has been accomplished. The Messiah

has been filled with the Spirit. The

Messiah has vanquished

Sa

tan. The

teaching, preaching, and miracle

producing ministry of Jesus has

begun, and flows out of Christ's

victory over Satan in the wilderness.

The culmination of Christ's Messianic

work and victOlY over Satan will

come with His death, resurrection

and ascension; and Satan will not be

able to stop any

of

these great

redemptive events from taking place

at the appointed time.

Conclusion: Why was Jesus

tempted?

FIRST

the suffering involved in

Jesus' temptations were part of His

humiliation and satisfaction

for

sin

. in order to redeem sinners.

26:39.

- Because

an army

is

victorious, it by no means follows

that the victory was a cheap one.

'One more such victory,' said Pyrrhus

after the battle of Asculum, 'will ruin

me.' The physical agony ofthe martyr

is not diminished in the least by the

strength imparted to him by God

to

endure

it.

The

fire

is as hot, and the

pain as great, in his case as in that of

an unbeliever. Divine grace does not

operate like chloroform and deaden

the pain. - Such facts show that

victory over a temptation does not

imply that the temptation is a slight

one; that because Christ could not be

overcome by temptation, therefore

His temptation must have been less

severe than that of His people. On

the contralY, Christ's human nature,

tempted without sinning, He

has an

astounding ability

to

sympathize with those who are

undergoing temptation, and s able

to help them live through

the

temptations without sinning. Let all

nue

Christians take comfort

in

the

thought that they have a Friend in

heaven, who

canbe touched

with

the

feelings of their infirtnities. When

they

pour

out their hearts before the

throne of grace, and groan under the

burden that daily harasses them, there

is One making intercession Who

knows their sorrows. Let us take

courage. The Lord Jesus is

not

an

'austere man.'He knows whatwe mean

when we complain of temptation, and

isboth able and willing to

give

us help.

- Bishop].

C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts

on Luile,

pg.

109,

Vol.

III.

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~ o o t n o t e Jesus claims that ll

uthority

in he ven nd

e rth h s been

given

to

(him)me. Passages like Eph.

2:2; 6:12,

and

IJn 5:19 seem, on the

surface,

to

teach that Satan does

in

fact

own and govern all the world's nations.

But, a closer study shows that, although

Satan pictures himself as the rightful

owner and ruler of everything, Satan

only excercises a powerful influence

for evil over those wicked people and

demons who acknowledge him

as

their

master. Such references

in

no way

prove that the devil is the ultimate

owner and ruler of the nations, who

can dispose of them as he will. See

Gen. 3:15; Psa. 2; Mat. 11:27; 28:18;

Rom. 16:20; Eph. 1:20-23; Col. 2:15;

Rev. 12; 20:3, 4. Greg Bahnsen points

out

that

these Satanic titles, prince

of

this world, In 12:31,

and

god of this

age, nCar 4:4, mean something

quite different from the interpretation

that is often given for them in these

days. They are NOT indications that

Satan's power in

on planet Eanh are immense; nor do

they mean

that

God's kingdoms must,

by definition (ofSatan, as such a prince'

and 'god'), be largely unsuccessful or

non-influential until some (alleged)

binding of

Satan. The present era

in

the created

realm is NOT in the

masterly grip of Satan,

and

it is simply

wrong

to

suppon such

an

idea from

Satan's being called 'prince of thiS

world' and 'god

ohhis

age.' These

epithets simply mean that Satan heads

up the unethical realm ofdisobedience;

he is the captain of the ungodly and

disbelieving, the prince of darkness.

- These titles, then, merely indicate

that Satan is the ruler. over all those

who share his wicked nature. He leads

one kingdom, while Christ governs

another kingdom. The meager fact that

Satan is the captain of the

ungodly .. tells us nothing about his

strength

and

influence in the created

realm ..

during

the present era. -

Indeed, if anything, these titles are

ERISIVE with respectto Satan's status compliment Satan rules over a

and power; (John 12:31-32). - Thus, JUDGED realm where he cannot HOill

in

calling Satan ' the prince of this men's allegiance: - Balmsen, pg. 26-27

world,' Jesus is certainly not paying Thisconc1udesthesectionofLukedealing

him

anything but a sarcastic with the Temptation ofJesus.

Messages by

Greg Bahnsen

Ken

Gentry

Rushdoony

Gary eMar

Walter Bowie

Morton

Smith

Paul

Jehle

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