{"id":751,"date":"2014-06-13T11:17:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T10:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manual4life.org\/en\/?page_id=751"},"modified":"2014-06-30T09:31:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T08:31:51","slug":"matthew-41-11-satandevil-tactics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/delevensschool.org\/en\/matthew-41-11-satandevil-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 4:1-11 – Satan\/devil – his tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explanation accompanying the study \u2018Satan\u2019s character according the use of words in the N.T.<\/span><\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n

Matthew 4:1-11.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus had just been baptised by John the Baptist.<\/p>\n

And a voice came from heaven: \u201cYou are my Son<\/strong>, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.\u201d
\n(Mark 1:11)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The devil tries to make Jesus doubt this statement by His Father, and, as a result, to persuade Jesus to prove Himself.<\/p>\n

Jesus answered, \u201cIt is written<\/strong>: \u2018Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again the devil tries to make Jesus doubt Who He is.<\/p>\n

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. \u201cIf you are the Son of God,\u201d he said, \u201cthrow yourself down. For it is written: \u201c\u2018He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The trap he sets for Jesus gets all the larger, because the devil quotes Scripture (Psalm 91:11-12<\/span><\/a>). He suggests, therefore, that his suggestion is a good one.<\/p>\n

Jesus answered him, \u201cIt is also<\/strong> written: \u2018Do not put the Lord your God to the test.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The devil offers Jesus the possibility of obtaining dominion over the world, without going the way of the cross.<\/p>\n

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. \u201cAll this I will give you,\u201d he said, \u201cif you will bow down and worship me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If Jesus had done as he said, He would not have had to die on the cross. Sins would then have never been able to be forgiven.
\nThe world would have then remained under the dominion of the devil, forever, because Jesus would have received dominion under the devil\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n

Jesus said to him, \u201cAway from me, Satan! For it is written<\/strong>: \u2018Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus addresses the devil here as Satan, the adversary<\/span><\/a>, who is barricading the way, to prevent Jesus from carrying out the commission for which He came to this world.<\/p>\n

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Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The parallel text from Luke 4:1-13.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Luke describes the same event.
\nThe text thereof is added to the devil\u2019s statement, that dominion over the world was transferred to him.<\/p>\n

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted[p] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
\nThe devil said to him, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.\u201d
\nJesus answered, \u201cIt is written<\/strong>: \u2018Man shall not live on bread alone.\u2019\u201d
\nThe devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.\u00a0 And he said to him, \u201cI will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me<\/strong>, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus does not deny that the devil possesses dominion over the world. The devil took it over from Adam and Eve in paradise. They came under subjection to the adversary as a result of their disobedience.<\/p>\n

Jesus answered, \u201cIt is written<\/strong>: \u2018Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.\u2019\u201d
\nThe devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. \u201cIf you are the Son of God,\u201d he said, \u201cthrow yourself down from here. For it is written<\/strong>: \u201c\u2018He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.\u2019\u201d
\nJesus answered, \u201cIt is said<\/strong>: \u2018Do not put the Lord your God to the test.\u2019\u201d
\nWhen the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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