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we do NOT test God!

Matthew 4:5-7
"5 Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: for it is written, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

Jesus had to of shared these events with His Disciples to teach them how to deal with TEMPTATION. And, the Disciples share it with us to teach us! Part of the situation we are in is to understand that GOD will lead us into the "wilderness." GOD will TEST us! 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. And, 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!

First, when Jesus was tired and hungry Satan approached Him, wanting to take advantage of Jesus's weakened state, says; "You're hungry and You're GOD make some food for yourself." No big deal, right? Just make the stones turn into bread, it's not going to hurt anyone!

Jesus shows us the correct response, quoting Deuteronomy 8:3; "It is WRITTEN, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD." Jesus demonstrates that we need to cherish the Holy Scriptures, they are the words of GOD! We need them to know when we are faced with TEMPTATION and how we can answer and overcome the situation and NOT FALL!

In today's verses the TEMPTATIONS continue; "Then the devil taketh Him up into the holy city, and setteth Him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto Him, IF thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee: and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone." The devil continues to pick at pride with the "IF" qualifications and ups the anti with "FOR IT IS WRITTEN..." saying if You want to quote Holy Scripture,  I can too, here's something from Psalm ninety-one. 

"Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:16. Jesus is fully relying on God. Not His own wits. Not His own resources. Jesus is NOT putting anything ahead of GOD. Jesus could FALL from this pinnacle and NOT be hurt, angels or no angels He is NOT FALLING into TEMPTATION. We can learn from His example; know the Holy Scriptures and do NOT test God! God can and will test us but we do NOT test God!
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