Indestructible Joy

• What is the battle you’re in?
  
  
• How did Jesus fight the battle?
  
  

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
- Genesis 3:1

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
- Genesis 2:15-17

But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied , “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was open, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
- Matthew 3:14-17

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered - “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:1-4

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against the stone.’” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Matthew 4:5-7