Matthäus Chapter 4

1) Satan tries to debauch Jesus with tricks against God. But Jesus hold tightly on God and so Satan has no choice and leaves him.

Our world is full of Satan’s power. For example: war, hunger, illness… Wherever you look there is darkness. But for us Christians there is a light which is Jesus Christ. (Matthäus 4, 16: “das Volk, das in der Finsternis saß, hat ein großes Licht gesehen; und denen, die saßen am Ort und im Schatten des Todes, ist ein Licht aufgegangen.”)
The Bible said that we live in this world but we are not from this world. We are from God. Satan also wants to influence us and we often fall into his trap, because we humans are weak. We often are aggressive, egoistic, jealous… this all are sins. But Jesus gives us the power to beat the evil and it is up to us. We should fight against the evil and disallow it to influence us. Our look should be turn only to Jesus and we should never forget that Jesus is always by our side and will protect us. Because Jesus = victory. We should take Jesus as our example and hold tightly on Jesus.


2) Jesus’s first disciples

Jesus said to Petrus and Andereas: “Folgt mir nach; ich will euch zu Menschenfischern machen! Sogleich verließen sie ihre Netze und folgten ihm nach“ (Matthäus 4, 19+20)
Jesus called Jakobus and Johannes: „Sogleich verließen sie das Boot und ihren Vater und folgten ihm nach“ (Matthäus 4, 22)
I think this is very great because the disciples leaves everything behind them, even their father, and follow Jesus. So I think that Jesus must have an incredible transmission that amazed the disciples so much. When Jesus leaves the world the gives us the Holy Spirit and we should carry on his mission: preaching.
The Holy Spirit is our light and the others should see this. We should not hide our light but let it shine very brightly. The Holy Spirit is like a seed. If we are full of hate and evil, the seed cannot grow and will die. But if we take care of it with love, like Jesus, it can grow strong and very beautiful and can shine with all his power. The other people do not know what it is but they feel attracted to you. So do not hide your light. Do it like Jesus and a lot of people will come to you and becomes religious.


3) Jesus heals sufferer

Matthäus 4, 23: “Und Jesus zog umher in ganz Galiläa, lehrte in ihren Synagogen und predigte das Evangelium von dem Reich und heilte alle Krankheiten und alle Gebrechen im Volk“
At the time of Jesus, He healed a lot off ill and obsessed people.
What about now? Jesus is still at our side, he is in us and the proof of that is the Holy Spirit. Jesus still holds our hands and does wonders in our world. Not only in the past, but also now, in our time. Jesus will heal all our wounds, too, and He will take care of all our problems. So do not care or worry so much, let Jesus handle it!
Thanks God that we can bring all our worries to Him and live in peace and pleasure.