Sermon: Jesus Is Your Champion

Sermon preached on March 9, 2025 by Pastor Joel Vogel (of St. Mark, Lincoln) at Mt Olive Lutheran in Lincoln, NE.Theme: Jesus Is Your ChampionText: Matthew 4:1-111Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil. 2After he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The Tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” 4But Jesus answered, “It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.” 5Then the Devil took him into the holy city. He placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and he said to him, “If you are the Son of God, 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 a stone.” 7Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written: You shall not test the Lord your God.” 8Again the Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will bow down and worship me.” 10Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.” 11Then the Devil left him, and just then angels came and served him. Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Mt 4:1–11.