The Word Unleashed

The third and final temptation that Jesus faced in the wilderness was ultimately about exchanging His soul for power or prosperity. The real temptation wasn't to worship Satan but to receive what God had already promised Jesus—the kingdoms of this world—without following God's way of suffering and death and without waiting for God's timing after the resurrection.

On today's program, we continue examining Satan's second temptation recorded in Matthew 4—his suggestion that Jesus jump from the Temple. Tom shows us how this seemingly spiritual act was actually self-promotion, masquerading as God's purposes.

In Matthew 4 we find Satan's second temptation in the wilderness. Pastor Tom reveals how Satan tempted Christ to pursue personal glory instead of God's glory alone—and how Christ's victorious response teaches us that God's glory must always be our pursuit, never our own.

Today we continue examining Christ's first temptation. Pastor Tom Pennington shows us five ways our needs cross into sin—neglect, excess like gluttony or laziness, methods contrary to God's Word, pursuits contrary to God's design, and idolatrous passion that places physical desires above loving God.

On today's broadcast, we examine Satan's first temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Pastor Tom reveals the divine pattern for overcoming physical temptation—showing us how neglect, rebellion, and excess can ensnare us, and how Jesus' victorious response teaches us to consistently overcome the physical temptations that assault us daily.