Pastor Jeremy shares Wednesday in Glendive.

Wheelhouse - a person’s area of expertise.

● Baseball - The great Hambino said it this way in

the Sandlot “Low and outside, just like I like it”

● When the situation suits your strengths and you

are the most confident.

Matt 4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the

wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He

had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was

hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said,

“If You are the Son of God, command that these stones

become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is

written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every

word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” 5 Then

the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the

pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the

Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He

shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their

hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot

against a stone.’ ” 7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again,

‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ” 8 Again, the

devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and

showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their

glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give

You if You will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus

said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You

shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall

serve.’ ” 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels

came and ministered to Him.

Jesus had a “wheelhouse”

1. His relationship with God

2. The Word of God

3. The Spirit of God

4. John 10:10 ... I have come that they may have life,

and that they may have it more abundantly.

Satan has a “wheelhouse”

1. John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the

desires of your father you want to do. He was a

murderer from the beginning, and does not stand

in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own

resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

2. Rev. 12 Jesus refers to satan as the one “who

deceives the whole world”

3. John 10:10 The thief does not come except to

steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

The enemy is like Pedro Cerano...he can’t hit a curveball

You could say it like Col. Jessup “He can’t handle the

truth”

Your “Wheelhouse” is:

1. Fighting from a place of victory because of your

relationship with God.

a. Salvation

b. Righteousness

c. Faith

d. As a member of the body of Christ

2. The Word of God

3. The Spirit of God - your helper - endued with

power from on high (Acts. 1:8)

Examples of how to stay in your “wheelhouse”

Addiction

1. Resist addiction with a relationship with God, by

being born again and a member of the body of

Christ.

a. Surround yourself with other believers who

will encourage you.

b. If God is for you, who can be against you

c. You aren’t a “sinner” hoping to make heaven,

you are a child of the Most High God who is

resisting your flesh.

2. Resist addiction with the Word of God

a. Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ

b. Is 10 says the anointing, or the power of

God, breaks the yoke of bondage.

c. Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren,

by the mercies of God, that you present your

bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to

God, which is your reasonable service.

3. Resist addiction with the Spirit of God

a. John 14, 15, & 16 talk of the “helper”

b. Acts 1:8 receive power

c. He will never leave you nor forsake you

A lifestyle doesn’t honor God

1. Relationship - Repent and get back in relationship

a. Jonah

b. Prodigal

2. Word - 1 John 1:9 & Rev. 2:5 Remember therefore

from where you have fallen; repent and do the

first works

3. Spirit - build yourself up in your most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Spirit.