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    Satan tempted Jesus three times in the desert. In each temptation, Satan tried to undermine Jesus' faith in God and get him to disobey. The first temptation involved turning stones to bread when Jesus was fasting. The second saw Satan try to get Jesus to test God by jumping from the temple. The third offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he worshipped Satan instead of God. Each time, Jesus resisted by quoting scripture. What lies beneath the temptations was Satan's attempt to test Jesus' faith and obedience to God, but Jesus' faith remained strong.

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    Satan tempted Jesus three times in the desert. In each temptation, Satan tried to undermine Jesus' faith in God and get him to disobey. The first temptation involved turning stones to bread when Jesus was fasting. The second saw Satan try to get Jesus to test God by jumping from the temple. The third offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he worshipped Satan instead of God. Each time, Jesus resisted by quoting scripture. What lies beneath the temptations was Satan's attempt to test Jesus' faith and obedience to God, but Jesus' faith remained strong.

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    Satan tempted Jesus three times in the desert. In each temptation, Satan tried to undermine Jesus' faith in God and get him to disobey. The first temptation involved turning stones to bread when Jesus was fasting. The second saw Satan try to get Jesus to test God by jumping from the temple. The third offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he worshipped Satan instead of God. Each time, Jesus resisted by quoting scripture. What lies beneath the temptations was Satan's attempt to test Jesus' faith and obedience to God, but Jesus' faith remained strong.

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    Satan tempted Jesus three times in the desert. In each temptation, Satan tried to undermine Jesus' faith in God and get him to disobey. The first temptation involved turning stones to bread when Jesus was fasting. The second saw Satan try to get Jesus to test God by jumping from the temple. The third offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he worshipped Satan instead of God. Each time, Jesus resisted by quoting scripture. What lies beneath the temptations was Satan's attempt to test Jesus' faith and obedience to God, but Jesus' faith remained strong.

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    WHAT LIES BENEATH THE

    TEMPTATION
    By Kathleah P. Ermita

    According to Wikipedia, temptation is the desire to engage in short-term urges of


    enjoyment, that threatens long-term goals. Temptation is an enticement to evil and a seduction
    to sin and death. It appears to be pleasing and desirable for us. It is a weakness that can be
    used against us to falter our faith in God. Jesus, the Son of God, was served with three
    temptations, so scrumptious that anyone with a weak faith can give in but He didn't. So how did
    Jesus overcome all of it?
    Jesus’ first temptation involved food. He was fasting for forty days and forty nights in
    the Judaean Desert. During that time, Satan tried to place doubt in the mind of Jesus by
    challenging Him. He said that “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become
    loaves of bread.” What lies beneath this temptation is that Satan didn't challenge Jesus into
    creating bread, but he was challenging the credentials of Jesus Christ. But Jesus was led by the
    Spirit of God and responded with a passage from Deuteronomy 8:3, “Man does not live on
    bread alone but in every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.”
    In the second temptation, Satan took Jesus to Jerusalem to stand on the temple. Satan
    said, “If you are the Son of God throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His
    angels concerning you and with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot
    against a stone.” What lies beneath this temptation is that Satan not only tried to incite Jesus to
    test the scripture but to test His faith in God. Satan may have used the scripture, but he twisted
    and distorted it. He omitted some parts and used it out of the context. Jesus then responded
    him with a verse from Matthew 4:7, “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.”
    Lastly, in the third temptation, Satan took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed
    Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. Satan then said, “All these I shall give to you,
    if you will fall down and worship me.” What lies beneath this temptation is that Satan shifted
    his strategy and did not use “If you are the Son of God...” instead he offered Him so that Jesus
    will worship him and disobey the Father’s will. But Jesus did not question Satan’s authority or
    validated his reputation as “the father of lies” instead He knew that Satan’s offer violated the
    first of the Ten Commandments. Jesus then told him, “Begone, Satan! For it is written, ‘You
    shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.”
    What lies beneath all the temptation is that Satan tested and challenged Jesus’ faith and
    obedience towards His Father. But Jesus’ faith never faltered instead it became stronger. When
    Satan left Him, angels came and ministered to Him. Jesus was praying in the Garden of
    Gethsemane and an angel appeared to strengthen Him. In overcoming all the temptations of
    Satan, Jesus proved and showed the world that if you have faith, you can overcome and endure
    hardships. He always keeps in mind the Word of God and It gave Him a spiritual reservoir to
    draw strength in times of facing temptations.

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