Matthew 4 Living Bible (TLB)
1 Then Jesus was led out into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, to be tempted there by Satan. 2 For forty days and forty nights he ate nothing and became very hungry. 3 Then Satan tempted him to get food by changing stones into loaves of bread.

“It will prove you are the Son of God,” he said.

4 But Jesus told him, “No! For the Scriptures tell us that bread won’t feed men’s souls: obedience to every word of God is what we need.”

5 Then Satan took him to Jerusalem to the roof of the Temple. 6 “Jump off,” he said, “and prove you are the Son of God; for the Scriptures declare, ‘God will send his angels to keep you from harm,’ . . . they will prevent you from smashing on the rocks below.”

7 Jesus retorted, “It also says not to put the Lord your God to a foolish test!”

8 Next Satan took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him the nations of the world and all their glory. 9 “I’ll give it all to you,” he said, “if you will only kneel and worship me.”

10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “The Scriptures say, ‘Worship only the Lord God. Obey only him.’”

11 Then Satan went away, and angels came and cared for Jesus.

12-13 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned home[a] to Nazareth in Galilee; but soon he moved to Capernaum, beside the Lake of Galilee, close to Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This fulfilled Isaiah’s prophecy:

15-16 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, beside the lake, and the countryside beyond the Jordan River, and Upper Galilee where so many foreigners live—there the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light; they sat in the land of death, and the Light broke through upon them.”[b]

17 From then on, Jesus began to preach, “Turn from sin and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”[c]

18 One day as he was walking along the beach beside the Lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—out in a boat[d] fishing with a net, for they were commercial fishermen.

19 Jesus called out, “Come along with me and I will show you how to fish for the souls of men!” 20 And they left their nets at once and went with him.

21 A little farther up the beach he saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, mending their nets; and he called to them to come too. 22 At once they stopped their work and, leaving their father behind, went with him.

23 Jesus traveled all through Galilee teaching in the Jewish synagogues, everywhere preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of Heaven. And he healed every kind of sickness and disease. 24 The report of his miracles spread far beyond the borders of Galilee so that sick folk were soon coming to be healed from as far away as Syria. And whatever their illness and pain, or if they were possessed by demons, or were insane, or paralyzed—he healed them all. 25 Enormous crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, and the Ten Cities, and Jerusalem, and from all over Judea, and even from across the Jordan River.

It is *only by submitting 100% of our whole being (spirit, soul and body) to death with Jesus Christ on the Cross* that we *erase the pains* associated with our past hurts, betrayals, unforgiveness, and past lifestyle
thus Colossians 2:14 Blotting out *the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us*, and took it out of the way, *nailing it to His cross*; 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Not just by *trying to bury it and move-on* with life while any instance of *seeing such person/circumstances* all the *bitterness/anger/pains/hurts* comes up again.

Psychological therapies can never *give complete/permanent healing to the pains of human mind* only the *implementation of the effects of the Cross of Jesus Christ on Calvary* upon each human soul thus "John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: *now shall the prince of this world(pains/sins/flesh/hurts/betrayals/evil-world-systems/ancestral-curses/addictions/depressions e.t.c) be cast out*. 12:32 And I, if *I be lifted up from the earth(death upon the Cross)*, will draw *all men unto me*. 12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

Just seek mercy to receive grace from the Crucified Jesus Christ about your whole being and *all these things including the ones you do not physically know will be nailed to HIS CROSS* because these things affects other areas of our lives even the things that happened to us outside our current circumstances (marriage/business/institutions/office/church/relationships/health) and they will still resurface again if *the nail of HIS CROSS* does not erase its effects/power completely in our lives.

Great Grace Brethren!!!

Matthew 4 23 Jesus went all over Galilee, teaching in the Jewish meeting places and preaching the good news about God’s kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and sickness. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people with every kind of sickness or disease were brought to him. Some of them had a lot of demons in them, others were thought to be crazy,[d] and still others could not walk. But Jesus healed them all.

There are evil forces on earth and they can affect any human being however *all their powers/abilities* are rendered *ineffective/useless* in your life forever if you hear the gospel of the Cross of Jesus Christ, believe it and experience it 'personally' and continuously till biological death...



Colossians 2:14-15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

14 Because we broke God’s laws, we owed a debt—a debt that listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us of that debt. *He took it away and nailed it to the cross*. 15 He defeated the rulers and powers of the spiritual world. *With the cross he won the victory over them and led them away, as defeated and powerless prisoners for the whole world to see*.



Thank You Jesus Christ Crucified; My Freedom!!!

Romans 6:6-14 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
6 We know that our old life was put to death on the cross with Christ. This happened so that our sinful selves would have no power over us. Then we would not be slaves to sin. 7 Anyone who has died is made free from sin’s control.

8 If we died with Christ, we know that we will also live with him. 9 Christ was raised from death. And we know that he cannot die again. Death has no power over him now. 10 Yes, when Christ died, he died to defeat the power of sin one time—enough for all time. He now has a new life, and his new life is with God. 11 In the same way, you should see yourselves as being dead to the power of sin and alive for God through Christ Jesus.

12 But don’t let sin control your life here on earth. You must not be ruled by the things your sinful self makes you want to do. 13 Don’t offer the parts of your body to serve sin. Don’t use your bodies to do evil, but offer yourselves to God, as people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used for doing good. 14 Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.

Romans 6:6-14 The Message (MSG)
6-11 Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life—no longer at sin’s every beck and call! What we believe is this: If we get included in Christ’s sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection. We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That’s what Jesus did.

12-14 That means you must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. Don’t give it the time of day. Don’t even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time—remember, you’ve been raised from the dead!—into God’s way of doing things. Sin can’t tell you how to live. After all, you’re not living under that old tyranny any longer. You’re living in the freedom of God.