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just say "NO."

Luke 4:9-11
"9 And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 For it is written, He shall give His angels charge over Thee, to keep Thee:
11 And in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone."

Did Jesus have any fear of heights???
As a man Jesus had needs, limitations, and frailties. He had a flesh and blood body with nerve endings like ours and emotions that tore at Him like ours do. After His Baptism Jesus was alone in the wilderness with Satan! Jesus told His Disciples about this experience so they could learn how to resist temptation. And, you and I can learn how to resist temptation! First and second times Jesus quotes the Holy Bible to resist Satan.

Jesus knew GOD, His Father and experienced the empowerment of the Holy Ghost. He cultivated through a lifetime of solitude, prayer, and meditation on Scripture enabled Him to resist Satan by reciting and embodying the truth of Holy Scriptures! The more we know the Word of God; the better we can see through Satan's LIES and fight off the temptation!!!

Satan is very tricky, while at great heights he is twisting scripture for his third temptation, in today's verses; "And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If thou be the Son of God, CAST thyself DOWN from hence: For it is written, He shall give His angels CHARGE OVER Thee, to keep Thee: And in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest at any time Thou dash Thy foot against a stone."

Satan is quoting Psalm ninety-one, verses eleven and twelve, BUT, God doesn't mean it that way. It's not a challenge to get someone to hurt themselves. Many of Satan's temptations try to trick you to do something that will hurt you. Making you think you won't get hurt. Maybe Making you RATIONALIZE what you are doing. Tell yourself a RATION OF LIES. We have to know the TRUTH in the Holy Bible that we can spot the LIES when we see them. Knowing ahead of time what we want to say. Knowing where the line is, have the boundary drawn before you reach it. When Satan is near, when the boundary is about to be crossed; JUST SAY "NO."
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