What do we learn from the Temptations of Jesus?

Prepare yourself for spiritual warfare. 

Our undisciplined desires are the key to our temptations. 

"At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the ­desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” 

He said in reply, “It is written:

One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will command his angels concerning you and with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”

Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.” Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”

 At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written:

The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.”

Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him." (Matthew 4: 1 - 11).

Sunday February 26th 2023, the first Sunday of Lent. 

The Temptation of Jesus teaches us that temptations are necessary territory of Christian life. It was necessary that Jesus should be tested extensively in order to teach this lesson. 

Every saint underwent drastic temptations before receiving the crown of eternal life. 

Jesus fought Satan in the Desert with the sword of the Spirit, the word of God. Jesus our Captain has shown us how to fight and win spiritual warfare. Study the word of God every day. Copy and store your choice Scriptures to use when you are attacked. 

These memorized and stored Scriptures are our main weapon of warfare. To the unbeliever, they may seem simplistic but the Bible says that they are more powerful than any weapons the enemy will launch against us. 

Soldier of Jesus Christ, put on the full armor of God. 

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