Training Camp | Game Plan Week 2 | Pastor Bill Scheer
He’s Coming
The Birth of Jesus
His Childhood
The Forerunner
These set the pattern for us… growth.
Matthew 3
1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ” 4 Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him 6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. 16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
5. The Baptism of Jesus
The heavens open
The Spirit descends like a dove
The Father speaks: “This is my beloved Son”
The Trinity is visibly present.
6. The Temptations in the Wilderness
He is tempted by Satan but overcomes through Scripture (Matthew 4; Luke 4).
This reveals:
His humanity
His sinlessness
Stones to Bread
“If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
Natural physical need
Doubt of identity
Pressure to use power independent of God
Deuteronomy 8:3b
”… man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”
Jump from the Temple
Spiritual pride
Forcing God to prove Himself
Action without submission
Compromise
Bypassing the cross
Notoriety without the price for our redemption
James 4:7
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
3 Reasons Why This Matters:
1. Jesus Succeeds Where Adam Failed
Resistance to worldly temptations elevate our lives.
2. Jesus Succeeds Where Israel Failed
Jesus is the true and faithful Son.
3. Jesus Models How We Win
Knowing Scripture
Believing the Promises
Speaking God’s Word
The Pattern of Temptation
1 John 2:15-16
"15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.”
Lust of the flesh
Lust of the eyes
Pride of life
He is sinless.
He is obedient.
He is the second Adam.
Make what God has done in you public.
Allow the Kingdom to break forth in your life!
