He was tempted........

[Justme]

Hi Forum,

In this story of the temptation of Jesus, how was the devil able to 'lead' Jesus anywhere or have Him stand in certain places in the temple etc?

Heres the verse from Matthew 4
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" 'He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."

7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test."

8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."

10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only."

11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.


I' m very inerested in how readers summarize this short biblical story.


Justme

 

[Macca]

Hi Forum,

In this story of the temptation of Jesus, how was the devil able to 'lead' Jesus anywhere or have Him stand in certain places in the temple etc?

Heres the verse from Matthew 4
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" 'He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."

7Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test."

8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9"All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."

10Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only."

11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.


I' m very inerested in how readers summarize this short biblical story.


Justme

If Jesus was not tempted in every way we are then He is of no use to me, or you.
The lust of the eyes, the boasting of what he has and does. 1 JN. 2: 16.
Macca.

 

[Justme]

Hi Macco,

Thanks, any others?

Justme

 

[paulnoel]

This temtation by the devil shows us that Jesus was human, and it gave Jesus the opportunity to reaffirm God's plan for his ministry. It also gives us an example to follow when we are tempted.Also Jesus temptation was an important demostration of his sinlessness. Jesus was tempted by the devil but never sinned.We need to remember temptation it's self is not sin it is only when we give into temptation that it becomes sin.
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[ian90]

Summary of how does Jesus resist tempation and stop satan in his tracks?:

Scripture!

 

[HomeBound]

This quote is from the apocryphon of James (I know some don't allow for any extrabiblical materials to explain Jesus, but to me, it explaines the matter perfectly.)


And I answered, and said to him: "Lord, we can obey you if you wish. For we have forsaken our forefathers and our mothers and our villages and have followed you. Grant us, therefore, not to be tempted by the wicked Devil."

The Lord answered and said: "What is your merit when you do the will of the Father if it is not given to you by him as a gift, while you are tempted by Satan? But if you are oppressed by Satan and are persecuted and you do the Father's will, I say that he will love you and will make you equal with me and will consider that you have become beloved through his providence according to your free choice. Will you not cease, then, being lovers of the flesh and being afraid of sufferings? Or do you not know that you have not yet been mistreated and have not yet been accused unjustly, nor have you yet been shut up in prison, nor have you yet been condemned lawlessly, nor have you yet been crucified without reason, nor have you yet been buried shamefully, as was I myself, by the evil one? Do you dare to spare the flesh, you for whom the spirit is an encircling wall? If you contemplate the world, how long it is before you and also how long it is after you, you will find that your life is one single day and your sufferings, one single hour. For the good will not enter the world. Scorn death, therefore, and take concern for life. Remember my cross and my death and you will live."

 

[billwald]

How can a person with perfect knowledge and foreknowledge be tempted? For example, Having drunk several beers over the last 50 years and not being an alcoholic, I can be invited to have a beer but I can't be tempted to have a beer.

Then there is the problem of sex. If Jesus was God then he would have known what it would be like to bed every woman that was ever born so how could he be tempted?

 

[Justme]

Hi billwald,

There you go. I was curious along those very same lines.

Justme

 

[James1979]

Jam 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: