There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

tormented man and the young boy, these spirits were actually attempting to take the lives of their victims prematurely. Think of the numerous times Satan made attempts to kill Jesus before His destiny could be fulfilled. After Jesus was born, King Herod send Roman soldiers to kill all infants under two years of age living in Bethlehem and the surrounding region (Matt. 2:16). Years later Satan tempted Jesus and suggested that God would protect Him if He threw Himself off the pinnacle of the temple—the high outer wall of Jerusalem on the southeastern corner. Attempting to motivate Christ to jump was nothing less than hoping He would commit suicide, as this jump would have splattered the body of Christ on the rocks 750 feet below. Months later, however, Christ would defy the law of gravity and walk on water, high stepping over the waves of the Sea of Galilee (Matt. 14:25). Christ was unwilling to prove who He was to satisfy Satan (who already knew), but He was willing to confirm who He was to His disciples! Right after this temptation, Christ returned to Nazareth and preached His first public message, so enraging His hometown that the men rose up to throw Him off a cliff. Christ didn’t willfully jump from a high place in Jerusalem, so the adversary now forced Him into a corner with no way out. However, Christ escaped the mob and left town, headed to the lower Galilee (Luke 4:29–30). While in Galilee He was in a boat with His disciples, crossing the lake, when a sudden storm struck the boat, causing fear that they were all going to drown in the churning water. This was another occasion that put the entire ministry team in danger of a premature death at sea