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Matthew 4:1-4 “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.\u201d
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Jesus repeats himself in  verse 7, \u201cJesus said unto him  It is written.\u201d and again in verse 10, \u201cThen saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The devil comes to Jesus when He\u2019s at his weakest moment. He had fasted for 40 days. He was in the wilderness. He was away from his friends and alone, and he tempts Him. But Jesus doesn\u2019t respond in the flesh. Jesus doesn\u2019t respond with something that He heard from His preacher. He doesn\u2019t respond with something that He heard from a  Christian School or a youth conference. He responds the only way that we can respond and be successful in spiritual warfare. He responds with Scripture. And I believe that the majority of us are losing in our battle because we don\u2019t know how to defend ourselves. We so often attempt to live on bread alone instead of \u201cAs it is Written\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many people that hear preaching regularly but they\u2019ve never been told where things are in the Scriptures. Or they may have questions as to why we do what we do, and maybe they\u2019ve heard an explanation of, \u201cWell, that\u2019s just the way the preacher always does it,\u201d or \u201cThat\u2019s just what the preacher believes,\u201d or \u201cWell, that\u2019s just what Mom and Dad said or Grandma said.\u201d And while that may solve the problem when we\u2019re six, that really doesn\u2019t solve the problem when we\u2019re 16 and it poses a real big problem when were 26. That\u2019s why some younger fundamentalists have a rebellious heart, because, we\u2019ve lived by bread alone, and we\u2019ve never learned that \u201cit is written\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The devil attacks Jesus in the three ways he attacks us: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; and Jesus responds with Scripture. There are two ways to live our lives: By bread alone, or As it is Written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a generation that does what they do because their parents tell them what to do. While there is nothing wrong with that for seven year olds, young adults who make mindless, heartless, scriptureless decisions are often lead astray.  These decisions are made by bread alone, because many of them have no idea what Scripture says. I don\u2019t mean they do not know any of the Bible. Many have just not been taught what is bread and what is said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t start reading the Bible until I was 17.  I wasn\u2019t privileged like a lot of people to have a good Christian Home or to attend a Christian School. I rode a bus, and I got to go to Sunday School some, but not every week.  When I did start reading the Bible, I wanted to know what the Bible said about everything. When a preacher said something against something that I liked, I wanted to know where it said it in the Bible. That it really just wasn\u2019t him saying it, but it was in the Bible. I wasn\u2019t basing my whole life on just what that guy said. Then, I realized Jesus had said to live this way. He said you can\u2019t live by a temporary bread alone, but by an eternal word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. I couldn\u2019t base my beliefs on a man. This has really helped me as I have watched men fall, and have watched men change over the years. When men who were saying one thing are now saying another thing, I began to realize it\u2019s a good thing I didn\u2019t base what I believed on those men, but rather on what was written in the Word of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. By Bread Alone
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Bread is man-made. It satisfies only temporarily. It fulfills fleshly needs, is not necessarily sinful, but it\u2019s also not a spiritual or an eternal fix. You can\u2019t live by bread alone. Living by Bread is a picture of living to satisfy men. \u201cBread\u201d here is man making life decisions from self-rising, selfishness. It is adding the yeast of feelings and baking in the pan of personal opinion. Bread is sometimes living to please parents, a pastor, pals or a group of people. It is getting approval and self worth from them. Many live by bread alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible talks about a young king named Jehoshaphat that when he was a young man, he followed his father and his God. But, when he became an older man, he made the God of his father, his God. The problem is, a lot of us in this generation\u2026we\u2019re older, and we\u2019ve never made the God of our father, our God. We\u2019ve made our father our god. We\u2019ve pleased them. Then, when we have a conflict with one, we throw the other out the window. We leave God and our parents, and we run. Why? Because, they were trying to please the Pastor, or  Youth Pastor, not God. They were living by bread alone. They were living off the sermons on Wednesday. They were living off the sermons on Sunday, but they never read that Book for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can\u2019t live by bread alone. We must live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, and when you live by bread alone, you worry about man\u2019s opinion. We worry about temporary satisfaction. \u201cWhat\u2019s good for me now? What\u2019s good for me in 11th grade? What\u2019s good for me in college? What\u2019s good for my current job?\u201d That\u2019s why we date who we date. That\u2019s why we wear what we wear. That\u2019s why we do what we do, because all we care about is us and the right now. We have no fear or no worry about later on, because it\u2019s temporary. It\u2019s bread alone. We live for the moment and the moment\u2019s people and popularity. We make decisions on what WE believe, on man\u2019s opinion, on our flesh, and on that temporary satisfaction rather than on the Word of God and on surrender to God\u2019s will and on what\u2019s right. That is Living By Bread Alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. As it is Written
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Now, the other way to live your life is, \u201cAs It is written.\u201d That means it is written down, and when Jesus makes this statement,  He\u2019s quoting the Old Testament, and He\u2019s saying, \u201cSomewhere in the Old Testament, what I am about to say, is written down. This is in the Bible. I am making this statement, Devil, and I live my life, Devil, based on the Bible which is God\u2019s Word.\u201d I didn\u2019t make this up. This is not for me. I didn\u2019t choose it. God did. What does the Bible say? \u201cIt is written.\u201d It doesn\u2019t matter what somebody else says, what a church says, what a college says, what a camp says, what a Youth Pastor says, what a Christian school says, what a teacher says, what my friends say. It is Written!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t matter who changes, doesn\u2019t matter who stays the same, doesn\u2019t matter who leans left, doesn\u2019t matter who leans right. It is Written! It doesn\u2019t matter who used to be this way but now is this way. It doesn\u2019t matter who used to say this but now says that. It is Written! It doesn\u2019t matter about my feelings, doesn\u2019t matter about my personality, doesn\u2019t matter about my preference, doesn\u2019t matter if I \u201cfeel convicted\u201d, doesn\u2019t matter whether it is tough or easy. It is Written! The Word of God is settled in Heaven; therefore, I can\u2019t change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, as a Christian, you will face the tempter. If you give him that bread garbage, you will become a casualty. \u201cOh yeah, devil, let me tell you something. My dad said\u2026\u201d And the devil says, \u201cYea, hath your dad said? Did he really say that? Is that really what your dad meant? Here have some fruit.\u201d And Down you go\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, you can say, \u201cHey, Devil, let me tell you something. This is why I don\u2019t do this, because the Bible says\u2026\u201d It is Written!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible has the answers. The problem is, we don\u2019t live \u201cAs it is Written,\u201d we live by \u201cbread.\u201d We live by bread alone rather than \u201cAs it is Written.\u201d If the devil came to you today, and he tempted you like he tempted Jesus, would you stand? How would you answer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had a preacher say, \u201cNow listen, this is in the Bible. If you want to know, you come and see me after church, and I\u2019ll show you.\u201d The preacher said that one time, and I went to him after church. I asked, \u201cCan you show me where that\u2019s at in the Bible?\u201d I wanted to know. I wasn\u2019t about to give up something I really like unless it\u2019s really wrong. Show me. Guess what? When he showed me, I changed it. I didn\u2019t always like it. Sometimes when he showed me, I didn\u2019t even really understand. I was like, \u201cLook, that doesn\u2019t say it\u2019s wrong.\u201d and my preacher would show me Bible Principles and say, \u201cHmm, but the way it looks is wrong.\u201d and he would give me an illustration, and I would say, \u201cYeah, I see that.\u201d I didn\u2019t want to see it, but I saw it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is Written- What the Bible Says About:

Salvation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke 13:5, John 1.12, John 3.16, John 12:46, John 20:31, Acts 4:12, Rom 5:8, Rom 10.9-13, II Cor 5:21, II Cor 6:2, Eph 2.8-9, I Thess 5:9, Titus 3:5-8, I Pet 2:24, II Pet 3:9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scripture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh 1:8, Isa 34:16, Psalm 119:11, 89, 105, 160, Mark 13:31, John 10:35, II Tim 3.15-16, I Pet 1:25, II Pet 3:18, , II Pet 1:19-21, Heb 4:12,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soul Winning
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Ezek 3:18, Psalm 126:6, Matt 9:36, Matt 28.19-20, Mark 16.15, Luke 14:23, John 20:21, Acts 1.8, Rom 1:16, II Cor 5.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baptism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt 28.19-20, Matt 3.13, Mark 1:9-10, Mark 16:16, John 3:22-23, Acts 2:38, 8:12-13, 8:38, 18.8, Rom 6:3-4, Gal 3:27, Col 2:12,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deut 31:12-13, Psalm 27:4, 122:1, Psalm 133:1, Matt 16.18, Mark 16:15, Acts 2, Acts 20:17-20, Eph 1:22-23, I Tim 3, Titus 1, Heb 10:25, I Pet 2:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Service for God
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Josh 24:15, John 15:8, I Cor 3:9, I Cor 15:58, Col 1:10, Col 3:23, Titus 2.14, Titus 3:8, Jam 1:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purity, Dating, Relationships,
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Acts 15:20, Rom 6:12-13, I Cor 6.18, I Cor 7, Eph 5:3, I Tim 5:22, Heb 13:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family, Christian Home
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Gen 18:19, II Chron 26:3-4, Psalm 127:3-5, Prov 1:8, Prov 13:24, Prov 22:6, Ecc 12:1, Matt 19:4-6, Eph 5, Eph 6:2-4, Col 3:20-21, I Tim 5:4-8, II Tim 1:5, Titus 2:3-5, I Peter 3:1-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relationship With God
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Josh 1:8, Jer 31:3, Psalm 1:1-5, Psalm 119:105, 133, Prov 3:5-6, Micah 6:8, Matt 6:6-13, John 4:24, 15:1-6,  Romans 10:17, I Cor 10:31, II Cor 5:7, Eph 3:17-21, Phil 3:10, Heb 6:1, 11:6, James 4:8, I Pet 2:21, I John 1:6-7, 2:6, 4:8, Jude 1:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tithing \/ Giving
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Gen 28:22, Lev 27:30, Num 18:26, Prov 3:9-10, Prov 11:24, Mal 3:8-10, Luke 6:38, I Cor 16:2, II Cor 9:6-7,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prov 4:14-15, Prov 13:20, Prov 28:7, Amos 3:3, Rom 12:1-2, I Cor 6.14-18, II Cor 5:9, Col 2:6, II Tim 2:19, I Pet 2:9, I John 2:15-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surrender
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Rom 6:13, Rom 12:1-2, I Cor 6:19-20,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Will of God
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Prov 3:5-6, Prov 23:26, Jer 10:23, Mark 3:35, Rom 12:1-2, Eph 1:11, Eph 5:17, Phil 2:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Assurance of Salvation
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John 3:36, John 5:24, John 10:27-30, Rom 8:35-39,  Eph 4:30, II Tim 1:12, Heb 10:22, I Pet 1:5, II Pet 3:9, I John 5:12-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Job 26:7, Psalm 33:6-9, Psalm 90:2, Isa 42:5, John 1:1-3, Col 1:16-17, Heb 1:10, Heb 11:3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heaven \/ Hell
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Dan 7:10, Isa 33:14, Matt 6:20, Matt 13:42, Mark 9:41, Luke 10:20, Luke 16, John 14:2-3, Rev 4:10, Rev 21:22-24, Rev  20:15, Rev 19:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virgin Birth
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Isa 7:14, Matt 1:18-20, Luke 1:30-35, Luke 2:7, John 1:14, John 3:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Deity of Christ
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Matt 26:63-66, Mark 12:6, John 10:30, John 5:18, John 5:22-23, 105, John 1:1, John 10:30, John 14:9, John 20:28,  Rom 9:5, Heb 1:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Spirit
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Isa 11:2, John 14:26, John 16:7-15, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:4, Rom 5:3-4, Rom 8:26, I Cor 2:13, I Cor 3:16, I Cor 6:19, I Cor 14:33, II Cor 1:22, Eph 1:13, Eph 4:30, Titus 3:5,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Godhead (Trinity)
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Gen 1:26, Matt 3:16-17, Matt 28:19, John 10:30, John 14:16-17, John 14:26, Acts 5:1-3, Rom 1:17, I Cor 8:6, Col 2:9, Heb 1:8, I John 5:7-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Resurrection of Christ
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Matt 12:40, Luke 24:1-7, John 20:1, Rom 4:25, I Cor 15:12-28, I Pet 1:3-4, Heb 9:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Return of Christ
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Matt 24:42, Matt 25:31-34, John 14:3, Acts 1:11, I Cor 15:51-52, I Thess 5:2, I Thess 4:16-18, Rev 19:11, Rev 20:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lords Supper\/ Communion
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Matt 5:32, Matt 26:17-30, Mark 14:12-26, Luke 22:7-20, John 6:53-59, I Cor 6:14, I Cor 10:14-22, I Cor 11:17-34<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marriage \/ Divorce
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Gen 2:24, Prov 18:22, Matt 19:3, I Cor 7, Eph 5, Titus 2:4, Heb 13:4,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homosexuality
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Lev 18:22-23, 20:13,Mark 10:6-9, I Cor 6:9-10, Rom 1:26-28, I Tim 1:10, James 1:14-15, Jude 1:7,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gen 25:21-23, Ex 20:13, Ex 23:7, Psalm 127:3,  Psalm 139:13-14, Ecc 11:5, Isa 44:2, Jer 1:5,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alcohol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lev 10:9, Prov 20:1, Prov 23:20-21, Prov 23:29-35, Prov 31:6, Isa 5:11, 22, Hosea 4:11, Hab 2:15, Luke 21:34, Rom 13:13, Rom 14:21,  I Cor 6:10, Eph 5:18-19, Gal 5:19-21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These last few are some things that are being discussed in our day. Many in the church do not even know why these things are wrong? They\u2019re not wrong because politicians say their wrong. If you think they\u2019re wrong, because politicians said they\u2019re wrong, then when the politicians change, you\u2019ll change. Or when you go to state university, you\u2019ll change. Or when you get around those at work, you\u2019ll change, \u2019cause you don\u2019t know the Book. \u201cWell, Bro. Davis, I know a gay guy, and he\u2019s really nice.\u201d The Bible doesn\u2019t say that homosexuality is wrong unless they\u2019re really nice, or unless they\u2019re really funny. It\u2019s still wrong. I didn\u2019t say I hate those people. I hope they get saved. But their sin is wrong. Just like murderers are sinners. Just like liars are sinners. Just like I am a sinner. It is Written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet there are churches today that will go to bars and drink with people to invite them to church. I saw it advertised recently in the newspaper. This is outrageous! Alcohol is wrong. The first drink you take makes you somewhat drunk and inebriates you. You can have your own opinion and have it swayed depending on who says what and who does and doesn\u2019t do something\u2026 but \u201cIt is Written\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things are not always written as \u201cThou Shalt Not\u201d but the Bible Principles that are written in God\u2019s Word can be used  to govern our lives  if we will choose to live by the Bible and not by the Bread of man\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezra 7:23, Prov 6:6, 10:4, 12:11, 13:4, 14:23, 21:25, 22:29, 28:20, Ecc 9:10, Rom 12:11, I Cor 4:2, I Cor 10:31, Eph 4:28, Col 3:23, I Thess 4:11, II Thess 3:10, I Tim 5:8,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ex 20:7, Prov 12:22, Prov 19:5, Matt 5:34-37, Matt 12:36, Rom 12:14, Phil 4:8, Col 3:9-10, 4:6, Eph 4:25-29, 5:4, II Tim 2:16, Titus 2:12, Jam 3:10, Jam 5:12, Rev 21:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unhealthy Habits – (Smoking, Chewing, Over Eating)
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Psa 141:4, Prov 4:14, I Cor 3:17, I Cor 6:19-20, Col 3:17, II Peter 2:19,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dancing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ex 32:1-29, Matt 14:1-12, I Cor 6:19-24, I Cor 7, Eph 5:11, Col 3:23, I Thess 5:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entertainment – (Movies, TV, Internet, Video Games)
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Psalm 1:1-2, Psalm 101:3, Jer. 10:2, I Cor 6:12, I Cor 6:20, I Cor 9:27, I Cor 10:31, Gal 5:24-25, Gal 6:7-8, Eph 4:30, Eph 5:11, Col 3:1-2, I John 2:15-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 40:3, Psalm 100:2, Psalm 101:1, Psalm 13:5-6, Ecc 7:5, Rom 12:1-2, Col 3:16-17, I John 2:15,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deut 22:5, Rom 12:2, I Cor 11:1-16, I Cor 6:19-20, I Tim 2:9-10, I Thess 2:12, I Peter 3:3-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So What Do We Do? Having seen all of these Bible verses and read the truths from the Scriptures concerning some of these areas of life, what is next? You can live by Bread – and just ignore them\u2026or You can Live As it Is Written .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing to Live by Bread is to decide that you don\u2019t agree or that you don\u2019t want to do what God says. You choose this temporal, earthly life and the \u201cbread\u201d that can never satisfy over the eternal truths of God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing to Live \u201cAs It is Written\u201d is accept these truths and principles and begin to mold not toward a pal, a pastor or a popular person; but rather the principles for God\u2019s Word. Live your life As it Written:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Bible<\/strong>
Do you know where I got all those verses? This sermon wasn\u2019t already wrote. I didn\u2019t download it. I had to find all of those Scriptures. Those verses are in your Bible too. Do you care? Do you care that God wants you to live by this Book. You can\u2019t live by it, if you don\u2019t read it. When\u2019s the last time you honestly read your Bible? Not for school, but you and God for you to get to know Him. Do you know this is Jesus. \u201cIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was\u2026\u201d So, if I get to know the Word, I am getting to know God\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believe the Bible
<\/strong>Some of us read the Word, but then we say, \u201cYa know, I just really don\u2019t\u201d\u2026 \u201cI think that that is outdated\u201d\u2026\u201dthat\u2019s the Old Testament\u201d. You begin to doubt the Word, because you believe the bread. You\u2019ve heard somebody say that. You heard somebody say, \u201cWell, that\u2019s Old Testament. It doesn\u2019t apply to us.\u201d When you read your Bible, let God speak to you. How about you so hunger for God to speak to you that you forget the bread, and you live \u201cas it is written\u201d. Just take it word for word and believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apply the Bible<\/strong>
I understand this book was written a long time ago, and there\u2019s not a \u201cthou shalt not\u201d for everything. There\u2019s not a \u201cthou shalt not post bad things on Facebook\u201d, but I think there\u2019s some principles in the Bible that help us to know better than to share, post and like certain things on social media. Put the Bible into your life and watch it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never Forsake the Bible<\/strong>
Here comes the devil. You\u2019re down. You are in your lowest spot. He\u2019s gonna tempt you. He\u2019s going to offer you bread in exchange for the Bible. Are you gonna stand? Wait a second. What are you going to stand on? Bread? Or the Word of God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only two choices. Some of you are reading this and you are sick and tired of living right. You want to satisfy your flesh. You want to follow your pals and the popularity and what\u2019s temporal. You want Bread. You want what will satisfy and magnify now\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about it is written? What about trusting in the Word of God. It\u2019s eternal; that means forever. It\u2019s immutable. It\u2019s inerrant; that means there\u2019s no error. When you read or hear a truth for the first time, check the Bible. Find Scripture. Maybe you have \u00a0wondered about some of that stuff you noticed and heard in your church. You wondered why things were what they were. You\u2019ve heard some of that said, and you wondered why it had been said. Your Preacher is not a right wing bigot, he is not crazy,cultish or even old fashioned\u2026 He is just preaching the Bible. It is written. It is written. It\u2019s in the Bible. We base everything we do and say and believe on the Bible and God gave you have a copy to live by.
As It is Written –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William Davis | Youth Pastor
Clays Mill Baptist Church | Lexington, KY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew 4:1-4 “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"0","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"0","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"0","ingredient":[{"item":""}],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_podcast_option":{"enable_podcast":"0","podcast_duration":"","upload":""},"jnews_podcast_series":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,28,24],"tags":[],"jnews-series":[],"class_list":["post-3344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4-the-yp","category-youth-truth","category-yp-wife"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Neutral-Paper-Minimalist-Motivational-Quote-Poster-2-x-1-in.png","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Neutral-Paper-Minimalist-Motivational-Quote-Poster-2-x-1-in-300x150.png","large":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Neutral-Paper-Minimalist-Motivational-Quote-Poster-2-x-1-in.png"},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4985,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions\/4985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3344"},{"taxonomy":"jnews-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yplife.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fjnews-series&post=3344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}