3.1.26 Huddle
Opening Discussion
- If you were to write a self-help book, or a book to help someone learn a skill, what would you write about?
Read and Discuss
Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will give his angels orders concerning you, and they will support you with their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”
7 Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.
- How did Jesus respond every time He was tempted?
- How were the temptations of Jesus similar to Eve’s temptation in the garden?
- How were these temptations of Jesus similar to how you are tempted?
- What would have been wrong about Jesus turning the stones into bread?
- What is significant about the devil quoting scripture?
- Why is it important for you to know scripture?
- What do you do to learn scripture and know what is true about scripture?
1 John 2:15-17
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
- What does it look like to love the world?
- What does John want followers of Jesus to know about the world?
- Why does following the ways of the world seem appealing at times?
- What can you do to make following the ways of Jesus more appealing?
Discipleship Questions
- What is something you’ve heard about the Bible (or a verse) that you aren’t sure if it’s true?
- How can you find out what the Bible really says?
- What do you plan on doing each day this week to learn more about the Bible as well as apply it to your life?
- What can you do this week to follow Jesus and not the world?
Memorize it!
John 4:10
Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”
Prayer
Spend some time worshipping the Lord for overcoming temptation.
Thank Him for facing temptation and showing us how to fight temptation in our own lives.
Ask the Lord to help you to be a student of His word so that you can fight temptation with His Words.
If there is any sin in your life, confess it and ask the Lord for forgiveness.