Luke 4:1-13, Matthew 4:1-11
Why must Jesus go through these temptation? It is to fulfill all requirement. He needed to overcome sin for us. The representative principle applies here. Adam the first man failed and sinned. By him all man sinned against God. Jesus, the 100% man needed to overcome sin as mankind's representative. He must prove perfect obedience to God's law so that he might earn the righteousness for us.
The lust of the flesh - turn stone into bread. Jesus was 40 days in the wilderness, he needed food. Adam was also tempted as he saw that the apple was good as food. Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy 8 to resist this temptation.
The lust of the eye - the power and glory of the world. Jesus will have all these so long as he bow to Satan. Likewise, Adam saw how pleasing the apple was to him. Again Jesus quote from Deuteronomy 6:8 to repeal the devil.
The pride of life - to jump down so that the angle will protect him as promised by God. Adam was tempted with the knowledge that he will get by eating the apple. Yet again Jesus quoted the law against this temptation.
For all three temptations Adam failed miserably. Jesus overcomes all of them by being faithful to God. Jesus used the law to prove that he come to fulfill the law. He did not sin, and he did it for all man. Jesus even went through greater temptation than Adam. He was driven in the wilderness while Adam was in the garden of Eden. During the 40 days in the wilderness, he was repeatedly tempted over and over again. Yet Jesus overcome all for our sake.
Jesus was our representative, and he set an example for us to resist the same type of temptations that we face today. The lust of the flesh - the love of money. We need to replace this love with the love of God's words. The list of the eyes - the outward beauty of people. The roving eyes of man that caused us to be unfaithful to our spouse. We need to resist such immorality by avoiding such temptations. The pride of life - the power we thought we had. Our pride and self- esteem caused us to think that he can do things ourselves and forget the only God makes all things possible.
Why must Jesus go through these temptation? It is to fulfill all requirement. He needed to overcome sin for us. The representative principle applies here. Adam the first man failed and sinned. By him all man sinned against God. Jesus, the 100% man needed to overcome sin as mankind's representative. He must prove perfect obedience to God's law so that he might earn the righteousness for us.
The lust of the flesh - turn stone into bread. Jesus was 40 days in the wilderness, he needed food. Adam was also tempted as he saw that the apple was good as food. Jesus quoted from Deuteronomy 8 to resist this temptation.
The lust of the eye - the power and glory of the world. Jesus will have all these so long as he bow to Satan. Likewise, Adam saw how pleasing the apple was to him. Again Jesus quote from Deuteronomy 6:8 to repeal the devil.
The pride of life - to jump down so that the angle will protect him as promised by God. Adam was tempted with the knowledge that he will get by eating the apple. Yet again Jesus quoted the law against this temptation.
For all three temptations Adam failed miserably. Jesus overcomes all of them by being faithful to God. Jesus used the law to prove that he come to fulfill the law. He did not sin, and he did it for all man. Jesus even went through greater temptation than Adam. He was driven in the wilderness while Adam was in the garden of Eden. During the 40 days in the wilderness, he was repeatedly tempted over and over again. Yet Jesus overcome all for our sake.
Jesus was our representative, and he set an example for us to resist the same type of temptations that we face today. The lust of the flesh - the love of money. We need to replace this love with the love of God's words. The list of the eyes - the outward beauty of people. The roving eyes of man that caused us to be unfaithful to our spouse. We need to resist such immorality by avoiding such temptations. The pride of life - the power we thought we had. Our pride and self- esteem caused us to think that he can do things ourselves and forget the only God makes all things possible.
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