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Jesus Overcame Satan's Temptations

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[Matthew 4:10-11]

Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God,
and serve him only.'"

Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. 

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Jesus appeared in the Jordan River. He went to John, who was baptizing there, and told him to baptize Jesus himself. John refused, saying, “I need to be baptized by Jesus, but did Jesus come to me instead?”

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In the words of John, Jesus said this. “For now, let us do what we want, and it is right for us to do this so that we may fulfill all righteousness.” John baptized Jesus in obedience to the words of Jesus who said that he baptized Jesus was the right thing to accomplish the righteousness of God.

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Jesus was baptized by John. As he came up from the water, something amazing happened.
The Holy Spirit descended from heaven in the form of a dove and descended on Jesus' head.

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From heaven, God spoke with a loud voice. “This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.” God the Father and God the Holy Spirit have proved that Jesus is the true Messiah who came to save us.

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After being baptized, Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness.
There he prayed without eating for 40 days. Jesus fasted and prayed before doing God's work.

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After 40 days of fasting and prayer, Satan came to Jesus. Satan knew that Jesus had not eaten anything for 40 days. Satan used his hunger to tempt Jesus.

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Said Satan. “If you are truly the Son of God, please command this stone to become bread.” Satan tempted Jesus to use his power for God as a selfish means to satisfy his hunger.

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Jesus answered Satan with the Word of God recorded in the Old Testament.
[Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"(Matthew 4:4)]
Jesus knew all Satan's schemes, defeated him with the word of God, and overcame temptation.

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Satan, who failed the first test, took Jesus and went up to the top of the temple.
The devil tempted Jesus the second time and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump out of here.” After saying these words, the devil said, “The scriptures say that 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' He tested Jesus with the words of the Old Testament.

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But Jesus spoke another word of God to Satan.
[Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
(Matthew 4:7)]
Satan pointed out the error of daring to test God. This time Jesus defeated Satan's attacks with the Word of God.

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Satan did not give up and took Jesus to a high mountain. Satan showed all the kingdoms and glory of the world before Jesus. And he said to Jesus, “I will give you all this if you will bow down and worship me.”

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Jesus spoke strongly toward Satan.

Jesus said to him             
["Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him nly.'" (Matthew 4:10)]
Satan tempted him to give him power over the whole world if he worshiped him instead of God.

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But again, Jesus overcame that temptation with the word of God.
Satan could no longer tempt Jesus and left. Angels came and exalted Jesus, who overcame Satan's temptation, and ministered to him.

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After fasting and praying for 40 days, Satan tempted Jesus three times as he tried to start the work of God. However, Jesus did not fall into Satan's temptation and was victorious.
The secret that Jesus overcame all Satan's temptations was the word of God. Satan's temptation had no power in front of God's word.

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Satan continues to test us who are children of God even now.
When we encounter Satan's temptations, we must fight with the word of God, just as Jesus did. Those who are armed with the Word of God can overcome all temptations of Satan. In order to become a person armed with the Word of God, we must strive to read the Word of God every day.
I hope that you will come to church every Sunday and do your best to learn and master the Word of God.

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