Satan saw Jesus fasting in the wilderness and realized that weakness had come upon Him. Finally after forty days Satan attacked the weakened Savior. It seems that Satan always chooses our moments of weakness to attack us. How tempting it must have been for Jesus to throw Himself down from the pinnacle of the Temple to show Satan that He could call on legions of angels to come to His assistance.
The temptation of earthly power and dominion, which Sa tan had the authority to give Jesus, cut to the center of Hisweakness, but still came through the resounding answer: NO! “Then the devil leaveth Him.” When Satan left, he left a pure Savior, unspotted from the world. When he leaves off tempting you, can you say you are true to the Savior?
What attributed to the success of the Lord Jesus Christ?
- Christ had an answer from the Word of for the claims of Satan.
- Christ had the power of resistance. “Submit yourselves there-
fore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” - He availed Himself of all the recourses of God. “Put on the
whole armor of God…” - Christ prayed for the help of the Father. Establish a prayer life.
- He was led by the Holy Spirit.
ARE WE WINNING OUR BATTLE IN THE WILDERNESS?
