#Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted how to
We are given the promise: "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations" ( II Peter 2:9). At the time, Satan came to Jesus and tried to tempt him. 3 After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert. Our Lord quoted the Scriptures and was able to overcome the tempter. The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of Matthew, 1 Mark, 2 and Luke. Christ was alone in the wilderness "and was with the wild beasts" ( Mark 1:13).īut there is also the hope of great victory in the time of temptation given in the Bible. Lastly, it came at a time of emotional difficulty. It also came at a time of physical challenge: "And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred" ( Matthew 4:2). Note the timing of Jesus' temptation-after a great spiritual experience (the baptism and heavenly announcement that initiated His earthly preaching ministry in Matthew 3).
Christ "was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin" ( Hebrews 4:15). Satan's temptation in our text illustrates his attack on believers still today. Those who are stubborn and self-willed will fall in the time of temptation. "Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness" ( Hebrews 3:8). Advertisement After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert. We are warned to consider the children of Israel. Jesus told of some, who "when they hear, receive the word with joy and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away" ( Luke 8:13). Unfortunately many believers are not prepared for this battle that is part of the Christian life. 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and. 13 He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan and he was with the wild beasts and the angels waited on him. The Word of God teaches that there are specific times of temptation that will come our way. 12 And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil" ( Matthew 4:1).
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