![]() And the devil said to Him: The Bible clearly teaches the existence and activity of a evil being of great power and cunning, who sets himself against God and God’s people. We are sometimes just the opposite – full stomachs and empty spirits.ī. Jesus was hungry, but full of the Spirit. ![]() After such a long fast, renewed hunger often points to a critical need for food. The fact that Luke the physician noted that afterward… He was hungry is important. God will never allow us to be tempted beyond our ability to resist (1 Corinthians 10:13). He ate nothing… He was hungry: To tempt a man with food, who had fasted for forty days seems almost unfair yet the Father allowed it because He knew Jesus could endure it. And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’“Ī. (2b-4) The first temptation: transform stone into bread for personal needs.Īnd in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. What follows are highlights of that season of temptation. Being tempted for forty days: Jesus was tempted for the entire forty days. There are parallels with the way that Jesus was tested and the way that Adam was tested but Adam faced his temptation in the most favorable circumstances imaginable, and Jesus faced His temptations in bad and severe circumstances.ĭ. The Holy Spirit leads us into seasons of wilderness as well as seasons of green pastures. Filled with the Holy Spirit… led by the Spirit into the wilderness: Walking in the Spirit, Jesus was still led into the wilderness where He was tempted. At some time he must have himself told his disciples about this most intimate experience of his soul.” (Barclay)Ĭ. “This is the most sacred of stories, for it can have come from no other source than his own lips.
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