DAILYWORD Dailyword JUNE 8,2014 (Mat. 4:1).then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil The First Adam was tempted in a Garden; the Second Man, the Last Adam, was tempted in a wilderness. “Tempted” means “to be put to the test.” Adam was tested in innocence; Jesus was tempted knowing both good and evil, though He, in Himself, was sinless. He entered the wilderness of this world’s misery and evil to render in it a life of absolute obedience and dependence; it was, therefore, necessary for that Perfect Obedience and Dependence to be tested. It demanded that He should have no other Will than that of His Father; and that He would accept that Will and delight in it, no matter what might be the consequences to Himself. We should remember that! It was this Obedience and Dependence that the tempter sought to impair. So he invited Him to use His Privileges as the Son of God, as the Messiah, and as the Son of Man, to work a miracle in His Own favor, to manifest Himself to Israel, and to take up the sovereignty of the Earth promised to Him. But Satan failed! The manner in which Jesus was tempted is the manner of all temptation. The act performed, whatever it might be, is the result of the real temptation, that being to step outside of the Will of God. Oftentimes we tend to look at the act and not the cause. In doing so, we miss the point altogether. Worse yet, we will not find victory in such a pursuit. We Believers cannot meet Satan on the same terms that Jesus met him. We are foolish if we think we can. Our way of escape, the only way, in fact, of escape, is to look exclusively to what was done at the Cross by Christ, Who is our Substitute, and Who, with His Perfect Life and Perfect Sacrifice of Himself, defeated the powers of darkness on all counts. Paul said, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His Cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it” (Col. 2:14–15). Faith in Christ and the Cross, ever making the Cross the Object of our Faith, is the only pathway to victory, simply because no other pathway is needed.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:15:15 +0000
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