Sunday Morning Class- Dave - Kish
Teachers
Lesson Summary
The class opened with a vivid recounting of Navy SEAL Admiral McRaven’s week‑nine mud‑flat trial, emphasizing how a single voice of song helped the exhausted trainees persevere through extreme physical and mental pressure. The teacher then linked this experience to the spiritual battle each believer faces, asking if anyone had ever felt spiritually weak, emotionally drained, or physically exhausted, and how temptation seemed stronger in those moments. Using Matthew 4:1‑11, the teacher explained that Jesus was tempted in the wilderness precisely when He was physically weakened after a 40‑day fast. The discussion highlighted the three categories of temptation described in 1 John 2:16—lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life—and showed how each was reflected in Satan’s offers to Jesus. The class emphasized that Scripture is our best defense, quoting Ephesians 6:17 about taking the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit. Participants explored practical ways to memorize and declare Scripture when facing temptation, and the session concluded with a call to rely on God’s word as a shield in daily life.
Key Scriptures
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting 40 days and 40 nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him 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.'" 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 a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "It is also written, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" Again, the devil took him to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you," he said, "if you bow down and worship me." Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'" Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.