✝️ From the Desert to the Cross | Matthew 4:4 (final thoughts)

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Memorize 🧠 

___ __ ______, “__ __ ______, “‘___ _____ ___ ____  __ _____ _____, ___ __ _____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ___ _____ __ ___.’”

_______ 4:4

From the Desert to the Cross 🏜️ 🌴 ✝️ 

When life’s most difficult moments squeezed Jesus, Scripture poured out:

• 🏜️ The desert: “It is written..” (Deut 6:13, Deut 6:16, Deut 8:3)

• ✝️ On the cross: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1)

In Matthew 4, the enemy tests Jesus 3 times.

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Jesus quotes Scripture 3 times.

The enemy quoted Scripture out of context (Matthew 4:6).

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Jesus quoted Scripture in context.

Jesus was beaten, brutalized and then hung on a cross.

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Jesus quotes Scripture, then submits to the will of the Father.

In the desert (when tested) and on the cross (when killed), Jesus chose the Father’s will over his own physical good.

Apply & respond 🏃‍♀️ 

Jesus quoted Scripture in the desert (before starting his ministry) and on the Cross itself (when his disciples thought his ministry ended).

As you memorize Scripture (in context), you are imitating Jesus and being transformed by God.

Keep going..

Even if you don’t memorize every verse perfectly, keep depositing God’s Word in your heart. It provides a spiritual nourishment that deeply satisfies and that sustains us in life’s most difficult circumstances.

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Answer key ✅ 

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Matthew 4:4

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