Winning the War Before the Fall

In Week 5 of the Gates of Hell series, we explore The Gate of Temptation and how spiritual battles begin long before visible sin. Standing at Caesarea Philippi in Matthew 16, Jesus declared war on the gates of hell and promised victory for His Church. But one of the most subtle gates believers walk through is temptation. From Genesis 3 to Jesus' victory in the wilderness in Matthew 4, we see how the enemy still whispers, "Did God really say?" This message teaches how temptation works, why shame and hiding follow sin, and how submitting to God and resisting the devil leads to freedom, power, and breakthrough.