Matthew 4:1
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As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
Like Jesus, typically our obedience will be tested after a spiritual and emotional high.
We are not meant to live on spiritual experiences. We are meant to live on the bread and word of God.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Who led Jesus into the wilderness?
In the kingdom of God obedience and being spirit-led are the key characteristics God searches for.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
The spirit will not always lead us to prosperity and feel good moments, sometimes it will us to a cross and wilderness.
The wilderness is a place of loneliness, lack, and dryness, but it is also frequently the place God uses to shape us before using us.
What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
If Jesus was tempted, we can also be tempted. See
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
Temptation always appeals to our legitimate needs, but tries to satisfy them illegitimately.
Temptation is not a sin.
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
2 Corinthians
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Temptation is the cure to call 911
3 possible ways to overcome temptation:
Take your thoughts captive. see
Look for a way to escape. see 1 Corinthians 10:13
Submit to God. see
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Temptation is not from God. see
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.