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Here is the narrative about what Jesus did when He was tempted: Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” Mat 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle 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 “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'” Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'” Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'” Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him. The beginning of Jesus’ public ministry was marked by His baptism by John the Baptist. But before He could be allowed to start, there was one more test from God His Father. The Holy Spirit led [some translations will read “drove”] Jesus into the wilderness. This was not a friendly place to be. He was alone and there were wild animals that lived in the area. Once the Holy Spirit had taken Jesus to the location picked by God, Jesus started a fast that lasted 40-days. But the fasting was not the primary trial. After 40-days, a malevolent angel approaches Him. We are not given much data from the Scriptures as to the physical appearance of the devil after his fall. But the words used in the Bible give some clues. Devil means slanderer in the Greek. In the language of Hebrew, it means “adversary.” He is an arch-enemy of God and is determined to undermine man’s spiritual interest. Matthew’s narrative is focused on what Jesus experienced and not on the evil one providing the temptations. It is clear from the narrative that the devil wants Jesus to act on His own outside the will of His Father. Jesus makes it clear by His responses that anyone can keep themselves from temptation if they focus on God and the Word that He has given us. Every quote used by Jesus was well known by the Jewish people. There is a clear lesson here for us today…but on with the narrative. The devil thinks that Jesus will surely fail during one of three temptations. First the accuser tries to get Jesus to take matters into His own hands by creating bread…40-days without food would make for a famished man [v.3]. Jesus responds with a God-principle and does not take the bait. Next the accuser tries to tempt Jesus into manipulating God to respond to Jesus doing an act of suicide. Again Jesus quotes another God-principle…reminding the devil that he was on dangerous ground. Having failed twice, the devil now tries the temptation of power because he knows that power corrupts men because of their pride. One can almost sense from the narrative that the devil feels sure that this is the temptation that means success for him. But Jesus gives a command for Satan to immediately leave followed by a reminder of the 1st commandment…a command from God Himself. Satan leaves on Jesus’ command but his pride causes him to wait for another opportunity. There would be other opportunities. Jesus walked and talked a life before God that was based on choice. He did not let hunger which put Him into a weakened state to and dominate His thinking. He kept His eyes on His Father. We face choices all the time. Do we think about where they might be coming from? Satan wants to accuse us. He wants to divide us. He wants us to take our eyes off of Jesus and look elsewhere for help. Everything about our life is a matter of choice. Follow Jesus and keep your eyes on Him.
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Prva korizmena nedjelja donosi nam dobro poznati ulomak Isusove kušnje u pustinji... U ono vrijeme: Isus se, pun Duha Svetoga, vratio s Jordana i Duh ga četrdeset dana vodio pustinjom, gdje ga je iskušavao đavao. Tih dana nije ništa jeo, te kad oni istekoše, ogladnje. A đavao mu reče: »Ako si Sin Božji, reci ovom kamenu da postane kruhom.« Isus mu odgovori: »Pisano je: Ne živi čovjek samo o kruhu.« I povede ga đavao na visoko, pokaza mu odjednom sva kraljevstva zemlje i reče mu: »Tebi ću dati svu ovu vlast i slavu njihovu jer meni je dana i komu hoću, dajem je. Ako se dakle pokloniš preda mnom, sve je tvoje.« Isus mu odgovori: »Pisano je: ’Klanjaj se Gospodinu, Bogu svomu, i njemu jedinomu služi!’« Povede ga u Jeruzalem i postavi na vrh Hrama i reče mu: »Ako si Sin Božji, baci se odavde dolje! Ta pisano je: ’Anđelima će svojim zapovjediti za tebe da te čuvaju.’ I: ’Na rukama će te nositi da se gdje nogom ne spotakneš o kamen.’« Odgovori mu Isus: »Rečeno je: Ne iskušavaj Gospodina, Boga svojega!« Pošto iscrpi sve kušnje, đavao se udalji od njega do druge prilike.