Matthew 4:10 & 11
"10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him."
The Devil will create TEMPTATIONS for us because he expects us to FAIL. The Devil is trying to MAKE us FALL. Like he TRIED to make Jesus FALL! When Jesus was tired and hungry Satan approached Him, wanting to take advantage of Jesus's weakened state, but Jesus demonstrates that we need to cherish the Holy Scriptures, when we are faced with TEMPTATION we can answer and overcome the situation with Holy Scriptures!
When the Devil quoted Holy Scripture trying to twist it and trip Jesus up. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:16. Fully relying on God, knowing the Holy Scriptures. When that didn't work Satan pulled out all the stops saying he will give Jesus the whole world "if thou wilt fall down and worship ME." Like all of the Devil's work; it's a lie. He doesn't have the world to give. All creation belongs to our Lord.
AND! Jesus knows this, so He tells the Devil to get out of here with his lies, "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him."
This is the battle we ALL fight. A battle for our souls and all eternity. The battle is TEMPTATIONS from the Devil; attacking our pride, when we are weakened, twisting Holy Scripture so we question our Lord and outright LIES that we should know are LIES. We need to call out LIES when we see them.
Remember that God gives you a way out.
There is power in Jesus. He has stood up to the Devil's TEMPTATIONS and defeated them! God will give us the opportunity to prove our strength and character. God will give us a test with the expectation that we will PASS the test. We need to PRAY for His help. And pray some more.
GOD will TEST us!
GOD will HELP us!
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