Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple (Matthew 4:5) (KJV)
As a person it is hard to digest the fact that Jesus was put to temptation by Satan. Being a parent would we expose our kids to a prospective person who is nothing but sin and filth? Yet, the Father did not spare His own Son (for our sake) Jesus from being tempted.
If Jesus was taken by Satan to decieving ways, we should watch and examine our position at all times. Christ set an example of using THE WORD knowledge when tempted to sin. Even when out wants are pressing let us LEARN NOT TO TAKE wrong ways to meet our supply, but TRUST that in some way the Lord will provide!!!! Satan can tempt us (even misquote) even in the holy city/high places(in any realm) with pride. Satan promised to give the glory of the world (a very charming temptation) by worshiping Satan which Christ rejected with an order saying "Get thee hence, Satan!”
Some of the temptations we face may be openly wicked that we should not only not yield to but reject with an order!! "Resist the Devil and he shall flee from you!"Will we choose to reject all such traps or offers of Satan. Verse 11 says when the Devil left, the angels ministered to Him!! Jesus knows by experience, what it was to suffer during a temptation, so he will not only understand us when tempted, but will minister and bring relief unto us if we resist the devil!
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