Jesus would not be swayed from His purpose, and His purpose was to do the will of His Father! As Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights, Satan tried but could not sway Jesus. When Jesus was weak and hungry, Satan pushed to exploit Jesus’s hunger and provoke Him to perform a miracle.

Satan: “Tell these stones to become bread.”

Instead, Jesus quotes Scripture, telling Satan that life comes from “Every Word of God.”

Satan then endeavors to get Jesus to prove He is the Son of God by throwing Himself down from the pinnacle of the temple. However, Jesus instead quotes scripture: “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

Satan then shows Jesus the splendor in all the Kingdoms of the World and offers them to Jesus if He will bow down to him.

Jesus tells him: “BE GONE” and quotes scripture a 3rd time.
“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.”

This is an excellent example of not allowing Satan to sway us from our purpose, but rather of putting God first, seeking all His righteousness, learning His Word, holding fast to it, and trusting God. The full scripture demonstrates that Satan knows scripture and will use scripture to mislead us.

This Scripture is a great example of how knowing scripture can help us overcome temptations and discern the truth. It points out that we are NOT to test God and are to worship and serve God only.

God knows what’s best for us; if we love Him, we will keep His commandments, and through study, we can shew ourselves approved unto God. If God is for us, who can be against us?

May God be with us all!

Matthew 4:1-11
2 Timothy 2:15
Romans 8:31
John 14:15

God First!