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Lured to temptation, Jesus was.... much like 40 years for the people of Israel in the wilderness or 40 days for Moses....
three types of testing.
1.People are lured to do evil.
Note, God can never tempt himself this way (James 1.13)
And, not all temptation comes from Satan… often it comes from our own sinful nature as in James 1.14-15
2. People tempt(test) God by asking unreasonable demands contrary to faith.
Israel did it in Deuteronomy 6.16
God tests (but does not tempt) his people as he did in the desert Deuteronomy 8.2
God knows all about us, but he reveals our thoughts and intents of our hearts through times of trial.
The devils’ seeming question is actually a restatement of a fact already given.
Remember Luke 3.22
Bread is not an evil thing, it’s a necessary thing.
Note that Jesus is not tempted to self gratification, to quench his hunger, rather He is challenged to act differently than His total dependence on God.
This passage directly relates back to Israel and Deuteronomy 8.2-3
Note, Jesus is spiritually full but physically empty (hungry).
We are usually physically full and spiritually hungry- and we fail at temptations with great regularity.
40 days of fasting and spiritual seeking… and what does Satan do?
He separates the spiritual from the physical.
You’re hungry.
God wasn’t good to you because you are hungry.
But in separating the hunger (physical) from the spiritual (40 days of being with God), Satan was actually trying to take God out of places where He rightly belongs.
(emotional, physical, financial, spiritual, etc.,)
Jesus proves it is better to be hungry in the will of God than satisfied outside of the will of God.
We need physical bread for our bodies, but we need spiritual food to satisfy our spiritual needs as well.
The Word of God is what fills that need.
When we read the word and feed on it, it is the same as eating for our physical bodies… that nourishment enables us to obey the willof God in our lives.
This temptation is different.
Jesus is shown the world, a vision of it.
Satan implies that it’s his to give to Jesus, even though one day jesus will rule the world.
Jesus doesn’t even challenge or acknowledge Satan’s claim.
If He worships satan, in order to recapture the world, Jesus would have been “casting out devils by Beelzebub.”
Note:
If Jesus accepts satan’s offer, salvation is impossible.
He would have worshipped Statan and would no longer be a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
He would have contradicted OT scripture.
In accepting an immediate kingdom, Jesus would have avoided the cross.
This temptation allows Jesus to bypass the cross.
All of scripture and tradition says that the Messiah would suffer and then receive glory.
Satan just removed the suffering step in this passage.
Look at 1 Peter 5.10
God’s pattern is to start with suffering and end with glory.
Satan’s pattern is to start with glory and end with suffering… (the garden and sin),
Satan wants us to sacrifice the eternal for the temporary and take the easy way.
There are no shortcuts in the Christian life, and there is no easy way to spiritual victory and maturity.
If Jesus had to hang on a tree before he could sit on his throne, Jesus’ disciples should not expect an easier way of life.
Go look at Luke 9.22-26
This passage is for Jesus to be tempted to presume upon God His protection… and special favor with Him.
Satan quotes Psalm 91.11-12, and in placing Jesus on the pinnacle of the temple fulfils a tradition that the Messiah would appear on the pinnacle of the temple.
Jump from that pinnacle, Jesus.
See if God saves you.
Israel put God to the test in the desert, Jesus will not.
If Jesus makes an inappropriate demand for a divine sign from His father, to be used as a display, the sign itself would be an act of unbelief, masquerading as exttraordinary faith.
A Christian can claim God’s protection and care, but when we willfully get into trouble and expect God to rescue us, we are then tempting God.
A good example is Israel in the wilderness in Exodus 17.1-7
The Devil’s Defeated When Our Flesh Has Retreated
Temptation.
What’s the point of Jesus’ temptation.
You need look no further than Hebrews 2.16-18
Go look again at how this passage starts: Luke 4.1-2
Compare
Look at Genesis 3.1-6
Jesus was tempted in a terrible wilderness place, hungry, exhausted- but He wsa victorious.
Adam & Eve were tempted in the most beautiful place on earth- and failed.
The Devil’s Defeated When Our Flesh Has Retreated
temptation of Christ.
Meet His Own needs outside of the will of God.
Put another way, to put immediate needs ahead of eternal purposes.
2. Worship Satan- you’ll get what you’re supposed to get in the first place.
Put another way, here’s an opportunity for Jesus to escape the cross.
3. Test God’s word- jump off the temple.
Put another way, to test the truth of what God says.
How did Jesus overcome?
He put his flesh to death and God’s Word to work.
(Faith).
How do we accomplish this?
Prepare for the battle.
Jesus used the “Word of the Spirit” as in Ephesians 6.17
He quoted from Deut 8.3
and Deut 6.13
and Deut 6.16
The Devil’s Defeated When Our Flesh Has Retreated
Note, Jesus is spiritually full but physically empty (hungry).
We are usually physically full and spiritually hungry- and we fail at temptations with great regularity.
Lent.
Deny myself of something.
But there’s a positive side of this.
And we often forget it.
Focusing on Jesus.
Our relationship with him.
so....
Read your Bible.
Pray Daily.
Seek Fellowship with other Christians.
Jesus bids us take up our cross and die.
Die to self and live to Him.
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