St Pauls and St Barnabas

Who Will You Serve? | Luke 4:1-13 Who Will You Serve? | Luke 4:1-13 On Sunday, 9th March 2025, Rev. Andrew Irwin preached on Luke 4:1-13 with a sermon titled “Who Will You Serve?” As Lent continues, this passage brings us to a pivotal moment in Jesus’ ministry—His temptation in the wilderness. Here, we see the battle for allegiance, the test of faithfulness, and the question that confronts every one of us: Who or what will we serve? The world often tells us that we are free to shape our own destinies, that we can live without answering to anyone. But as Andrew pointed out, this simply isn’t true. Whether we recognise it or not, we are all serving something—our careers, ambitions, relationships, or even our own desires. The question is not whether we serve, but whom we serve. The Temptations of Jesus Luke 4 presents us with three temptations faced by Jesus in the wilderness. The first is the temptation of provis...