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.’”
Tag: Temptation - Satan
Jesus is taken into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. Although He was the Son of God, He was still tempted, as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Christ's temptation and His resistance to the temptation is for a number of reasons. One of them is to demonstrate He was and is THE Son of God. He is our High Priest. Another reason for the temptation is seen in the Hebrews passage. Christ was tempted so He could experience what we experience. We do not have the ability to fight Satan's advances. We can, however, do the same thing Jesus did: Claim the Word of God and command Satan, in the name of Christ, to "be gone." Peter, in essence, tells us the same thing in his writing:
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
James also says:
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
In our temptation we are to use the Word of God, through the Spirt of God, in the power of the Son of God. But, we must say the words to him: Be Gone!
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