Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Mark has a very efficient way

of characterizing events in his gospel, so it could be easy to miss the significance of Christ's

temptation in the wilderness. In today's episode, we'll continue through Paul's sermon series events in his gospel, so it could be easy to miss the significance of Christ's temptation

in the wilderness.

In today's episode, we'll continue through Paul's sermon series in the Book of Mark.

And today, Paul reminds us that the hope of humanity rests on Jesus' shoulders in these

two short verses.

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with the transforming power of Jesus Christ. Now here's Paul with this message, substitutionary

temptation. Perhaps it's humbling to admit, embarrassing at points, but all of us still carry around with us a susceptibility to temptation.

You were susceptible this week. You're susceptible to different things that I may be susceptible to.

But we're all susceptible to temptation.

And some location, some situation, some relationship.

And because of that, this passage that we're going to look at,

I'll ever brief, is a particular comfort. Let me read the verses again from Mark

chapter 1, verses 12 and 13. The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness,

and he was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild animals,

and the angels were ministering to him. Mark is very careful to record that Christ faced and defeated Satan in three ways throughout

his life.

First, in this moment, where Christ is driven by the Spirit of God into the wilderness and is tempted by Satan and defeat Satan

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