ANOTHER STARVING JEW

The Holy Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted...but why??                

Why waste time tempting the Son of God?  He cannot fail!   (Matt 4)                                    

Have you ever fasted just for a few days?                                                                            

Or for a week or two?                                                                                                            

How about longer than a month?...40 days/nights                                                     

Moses did at least twice - without water too!

Jesus has already identified with the Jewish people in baptism, so watch what happens when the devil shows up, just like the serpent in Eden...                                  

Temptation #1:  use your power for your own physical needs – nice food.  Will Jesus fail like disobedient Adam or like the hungry children of Israel in the wilderness of Sin?

Ans: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”

Temptation #2: use heaven’s messengers for your own emotional needs – fear of death. Notice the devil knows the Scriptures too - word for word!                               

Will Jesus fail like Adam & Eve or the thirsty children of Israel at Massah, afraid of dying?

Ans: “Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God”

Temptation #3: take the easy way of winning the world – just bow the knee to Satan (instead of defeating him at the cross) - the spiritual challenge.                                

Adam & Eve were tempted to ‘be as gods’; the Israelites turned to idolatry.

Ans: “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.”

The Holy Spirit has soundly demonstrated that Jesus cannot fail like Adam or Eve, or like the Jewish fathers.  He denies Himself like Moses and is qualified like no other to go ahead and teach, preach and heal ‘all manner of sickness and disease among the people’.                                                                                                                               

No wonder Shim’on, Andrew, Ya’akov and Yochanan follow Yeshua - IMMEDIATELY!


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