Contributed by Benjamin Sharpe on Aug 16, 2002
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    God has a specific goal and purpose for his Church and for each individual Christian. Satan’s intention is to cause the Church and the individual Christian to deviate from that destiny and, in so doing, to thwart the will and design of God. 
                
                    
                        Luke 4:1-13 
Living With Purpose
The temptation of Jesus was for the purpose of distracting him from his ultimate goal and purpose in life. And that goal, that destiny, was to go to the cross as the atoning sacrifice for humanity. Satan’s intent in the wilderness was to defeat God’s purpose for
                        
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