Simple Truth - First Sunday of Lent - 2026-02-22

Описание: Simple Truth - First Sunday of Lent - 2026-02-22

Scripture Readings
Reading I - Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
The serpent asked the woman,“Did God really tell you not to eatfrom any of the trees in the garden?”The woman answered the serpent:“We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;it is only about the fruit of the treein the middle of the garden that God said,‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.’”But the serpent said to the woman:“You certainly will not die!

Reading II - Romans 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19
Brothers and sisters:Through one man sin entered the world,and through sin, death,and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned

Gospel - Matthew 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desertto be tempted by the devil.He fasted for forty days and forty nights,and afterwards he was hungry.The tempter approached and said to him,“If you are the Son of God,command that these stones become loaves of bread.”He said in reply,“It is written:One does not live on bread alone,but on every word that comes forthfrom the mouth of God.”

Opening
Joke/But First - An elderly woman is in a parking lot and she has locked her keys in her car and she is trying everything she found a coat hanger. She’s trying to open her car. She can’t do it. She’s getting frustrated all of a sudden a man pulls up in a motorcycle and he is wearing leather clothes, a long hair a big beard lotta tattoos and he sees the woman is having problems. He goes over and in a matter of 20 seconds he has the car unlocked for her and the woman gives him a hug and says I was praying to God to bring me somebody to help me and you are here. You are a good man and he says no no man. I’m not a good man he says I just was released stealing and she as well thank God you sent me a professional.
Flip Wilson - The devil made me do it…
Genesis - Romans - Matthew

Body - Simple Truth - First Sunday of Lent - 2026-02-22

The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the groundand blew into his nostrils the breath of life,and so man became a living being.
God created all things
Human Nature
Word vs World

Through one man sin entered the world,
Adam and new Adam - Fall of Man
Pair on the Ground

Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desertto be tempted by the devil.
3 aspects of Satan
Overcoming Temptation: Jesus's victory over the devil demonstrates how to handle temptation through scripture and reliance on God.
Stones to Bread - Self Wants
The crown without the Cross - Power
We must worship the Lord our God
Satan implies that all power and authority are his.
By Jesus saying - Get away from me Satan He demonstrates that He God and God alone has the power and the authority

Conclusion
Simple Truth - First Sunday of Lent - 2026-02-22 
GK Chesterton - Christianity tried….
It sets the stage for the Lenten journey, focusing on inner transformation rather than mere external acts.


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I dedicate these Reflections to my Daughter Haley