Sin has made us susceptible to temptation. Our passions, appetites, and desires that lead us into sin stem out of human frailty. In contrast, Jesus Christ’s perseverance against Satan in the wilderness—overcoming temptation and our human proclivities to live by our base desires—is just amazing! The root of temptation is pride, and Christ’s humility is on full display. Satan has a head knowledge of God’s Word, and so he manipulates it to get what he wants out of it. But he was not speaking to just any man, he was speaking to the Word of God Himself. The devil quoted Scripture to use Christ’s own words against Him, but Christ countered each temptation with Scripture, proving that all desires that are not rooted in God’s Word are vain–– fragile, empty, and void, with no understanding of the truth (JOHN 8:44). Friends, simply memorizing God’s Word is not enough. Understanding and applying God’s Word through the Holy Spirit is essential to living in God’s Kingdom daily. Jesus Christ defeated Satan and the temptation to sin by rightly dividing the truth of God’s wonderful Word.
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