The Temptation of Christ
· After Jesus was baptized by his cousin, John the Baptist, He was led by the Holy Spirit to go alone into the desert wilderness. He wandered there for forty days and forty nights. During His time in the wilderness, Jesus fasted and spent His time praying and listening for God to speak to Him again.
· At the end of the forty days, the devil appeared to Jesus and tempted Him by taunting Jesus and saying that if Jesus was indeed the Song of God, He should be able to command the stones to turn into bread. Jesus refused by saying, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes out from the mouth of God.”
· The devil was not done; he took Jesus into a holy city and on top of a very tall temple. The devil taunted Jesus again and said that if Jesus was really the Son of God, then He should throw himself off the temple because surely angles would come to save Him. Jesus answered back, “It is written again, that you shall not tempt the Lord thy God.”
· Finally, the devil took Jesus up to the top of a high mountain that looked down upon many towns and villages. The devil then told Jesus that if He fell down and worshipped him, that he would give Jesus all of the kingdoms of the world with all of their beauty and wealth. Jesus answered, “Begone, devil! For it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shall you serve.” With this, the devil disappeared and tempted Jesus no more.
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