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The temptation to to do wrong is one of the greatest challenges we face, but did you know that overcoming temptation makes you stronger? The temptation of Jesus is one of the greatest examples of overcoming temptation ever written. Yes, it is possible for us to resist and overcome temptation every time just as Jesus did.

LUKE 4 – SATAN TRIES TO TEMPT JESUS

¹And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

²Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

³And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

⁴And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

⁵And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

⁶And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

⁷If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

⁸And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

⁹And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

¹⁰For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

¹¹And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹²And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

¹³And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

summary: Jesus was FULL of the Holy Spirit.  He was led by the Holy Spirit to fast & consecrate himself. The Holy Spirit will lead us to do some things.  As we do, satan comes to us on a seasonal basis with trouble and/or temptation.  It is important to know we are being led by the Holy Spirit so we can stay focused on what God wants us to do.  As you can see in the examples above, each time satan came to Jesus, Jesus spoke the real word, the true word to satan to rebuke what he brought to him.  The devil left each time but came back with something different.  Same devil, different technique.  Satan will try to come at you with situations and symptoms and sometimes temptations (he thinks) but each time we can rebuke him with the word of God and he will flee.  As it says in James 4:7 “Submit yourself to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”  For every negative situation satan presents to you speak God’s word to that situation and it will be dismissed.