The Power of Faith and the Victory over Temptation

1. Theme: Subduing the Enemy Without Battle

2. Today's Scripture: Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. (Matthew 4:11)

3. Prayer: We ought to worship our God, rely solely on Him, and the devil will flee.

4. The Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness for Forty Days and Nights: The Dialogue Between the Devil and Jesus.
   4.1 Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. = Jesus Christ's choice is faith.
   4.2 The dialogue between the devil and Jesus: The devil constantly tempts Jesus, releasing deceptive lies. The devil's aim is to infuse 1% of doubt into your 100% faith, causing you to forsake God.

   Just like in the beginning: The devil said to Adam and Eve, Did God really say...?

   4.3 The devil: All these I will give you, if you bow down and worship me. Jesus said, Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.

   Jesus became flesh, just like you and me, but Jesus chose to believe. When He faced temptation, He was making choices, experiencing the same as we do. We often focus on His divinity.

   If Jesus Christ used His divinity to overcome, He would not be the same as us. He overcame by using His humanity.

5. How the Devil Tempts Jesus: If you are the Son of God...
   The key to overcoming the devil: You and I are both sons of God, serving God alone! Subduing the enemy without battle. We have the image of God's children on us; we rely on faith and authority to be God's children, without needing to prove it!

   Never doubt that you are the Son of God. The devil's most cunning tactic is to release doubt. If there is no doubt within us, the devil will leave you.

6. Why Did the Devil Leave Jesus?
   We are God's children; we do not lack the splendor of the world, because we are members of God's household and do not need to prove it. The devil will leave.

   Believe that you are the image of God's eternal children!

   Believe that your learning is good, your work is good, restoring the image and ability of God's children. Whoever takes up God's authority, God will restore the image of His glorious children.

7. The Devil and Unclean Spirits
   Demon
   With the faith of God's children, the devil will flee. Restore the assurance and authority of God's children within you!

8. We are truly God's children; do not doubt!

9. Returning to Genesis Chapter 1 Again - A Sharp Weapon to Strike the Devil!
   God created man in His own image.

10. Having God's Perspective - Seeing That All Is Good!

    Having God's perspective, seeing that all is good! If we see only bad things, that person has no future.

    Having God's perspective, having a bright future! Seeing a bright future through the eyes of faith.
    Having God's perspective, what you believe, God will accomplish for you. Having the devil's perspective invites God's wrath. Building the Tower of Babel, God came and tore it down.

11. Simplifying Complex Problems: All complex problems are combinations of many simple problems.

    God's ability is to make complex things simple, and the matter is accomplished.

12. The Highest Return is in Creation - Creation is from emptiness and chaos to each according to its kind.
    A Thousandfold Profit - Lü Buwei - Lüshi Chunqiu - Supported Three Thousand Retainers
    Creation is a thousandfold profit endeavor.

    Unearth the creative ability within you; God wants to do new things through you!

    Being a pastor is the most enjoyable profession in the world! -- Seeing the transformation of people's lives is very joyful! Because what we do with our hands is the work of creation!

13. Conclusion: We are made children of God by His authority (John 1:12)

## Living Out the Glorious Image of God's Children

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

Li Si: The rat in the toilet and the rat in the granary, one eats excrement, the other eats grain.
After his perspective changed, he became the Prime Minister of Qin.

Are you willing, by faith, to take up God's authority, and the devil will flee? You don't have to live strenuously to live out God's glory.

We have been brought from a very bad situation into the Kingdom of God to live out the glorious image of God's children.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, lead me, in the days of my life on this earth, to live out the image of the eternal God. I declare in the name of Jesus that I am a child of the eternal God, and no matter what lies the devil releases, I am a child of God!