Jesus was around 30 years old
when he was Baptised by
John the Baptist. Before he
was baptised He was known
to others only as a carpenter.
In the Bible nothing tells
us what happened to Jesus
from the time He was 12
years old and spoke to the wise
men in the temple to the
time he came to John to
be baptised. We all know
He was preparing to do God's
work. He was making preparations
to reveal the love of God
to the people.
Before Jesus began teaching,
He had to go through a
period of preparation. The Spirit
of God told Jesus to go
into the desert and live there
alone. He was to pray and
to think about how He
would reveal His message
to all the people.
Jesus concentrated so hard
on how He was to accomplish
this that He didn't think about
about eating or drinking.
So, for 40 days, He had nothing
to eat or drink. When Jesus
finished preparations and was
ready to return and adfminister
to the people, He realized that
He was weak and hungry.
After 40 days in the desert
with no food or drink
the Spirit of Evil, Satan,
came to test Jesus's strength of
His Spirit. First Satan said:
If you are the Son of God,
why don't you turn these stones
into bread so that you can eat?
Jesus knew that with
God all things are possible. He also
knew that any power God
gave Him was to help others.
Not to help Himself. He said
to this Evil Spirit:
"It is written, man shall
not live by bread alone,
but by every Word of God."
Then the evil spirit led
Jesus to Jerusalem, which is
called the Holy City, and
placed Him on a high tower.
He wanted Jesus to throw
Himself off the tower to
prove that He was the
Son of God. Satan pointed
out the following to Jesus:
"For it is written in
the bible that God shall give
His angels charge of you
and in their hands they will
bear you up, lest you strike
your foot against a stone."
Jesus knew this was wrong.
God did not tell Him to
do this and it would not please
God. Jesus said to Satan:
"It is written...You shall
not tempt the Lord your God."
In other words, a person
must not do anything to
test the power of God.
God is the Almighty One.
Then Satan tried again to
tempt Jesus. He told Jesus he
would make Him the King of
all the kingdoms in the world
if He would fall down
and worship him.
Jesus had heard enough.
His spirit had not been
weakened as Satan thought.
"Begone Satan," Jesus said,
"For it is written,
You shall worship the Lord
Your God and Him only shall
you serve."
When Satan realized that
Jesus was not going to
listen to him he left.
Then God sent his angels with
food and drink for Jesus.
But, the Bible doesn't tell
us that Satan left for good.
He left to wait for another
time to tempt Jesus.
So, when you feel like you
are doing something that you
shouldn't, that is Satan trying to tempt you.
Keep in mind and say these words:
"Begone Satan, for
I belong to the Lord."
Praise the Lord. God is so good.
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