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“Jesus said to him, *‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.”’*”
— Matthew 4:10
“You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol… you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…”
— Exodus 20:3–5
Here we are confronted with one of the most fundamental issues in all of Scripture: Who really has your worship? Who truly has your service?
Everything in your Christian life—your protection, your fruitfulness, your authority in spiritual warfare, your intimacy with God—rests on this foundation:
> *Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.*
The lyrics of this song do not give us a suggestion. They echo a divine demand. God does not offer Himself as one option among many. He claims exclusive rights to your heart, your worship, and your service.
The Christian life is not merely a matter of what we believe intellectually. It is a matter of whom we worship and whom we serve in practice. Many struggles believers face—bondage, confusion, lack of authority—often trace back to violations of this fundamental commandment, visible or invisible, conscious or unconscious.
So we ask: What does it mean to worship the Lord your God and serve Him only? What does it mean to have “no other gods” before Him? And how does this relate to spiritual warfare, as seen in Jesus’ confrontation with Satan in the wilderness?
To answer, we must look carefully at what the Word of God says.
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### Matthew 4:10 – Jesus in the Wilderness
Matthew 4 places us at the opening of Jesus’ public ministry. Just after His baptism in the Jordan and the Father’s declaration, *“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”* (Matthew 3:17), the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
This is crucial: the Spirit led Him there (Matthew 4:1). Temptation was not an accident; it was a divine appointment. Before Jesus would preach, heal, cast out demons, and establish the Kingdom, He must first win a decisive victory over Satan at the personal level.
The third temptation is the climax:
> “Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
> ‘All this I will give You,’ he said, ‘if You will bow down and worship
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