Not quiet long after the completion of the 40 days fasting and prayer
that the devil came around to put him to test in the book of "Luke 4 vs
4-12"
Actually,there are two verses that caught my attention in the
passage.In verse 6 he says "..the glory of the kingdom of the world is
DELIVERED unto me;and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Vs 7-"If thou therefore wilt worship me,all shall be thine"
The word "DELIVERED" is a past tense meaning that somebody gave it to
him.Then who gave it to him? The answer is God but when God was doing so
Jesus knew to it and was not left out of the program involving the
handing over of the world to him.Devil only think that he can enticed
Jesus(the giver) with what he has given him.But Jesus would not be
deceived because He knew the content of what the devil was introducing
to him meanwhile he delivered it to him.
The point here is that
devil presents our inheritance to us prematurely so that we can see them
readily ripe to get and we die prematurely with it due to our lack of
knowledge about our place in God.
Some are running after earthly
pleasures that will not last,not knowing that all they can see is a
flash that will end up in ashes.
Jesus knew that the devil was only
flashing him with those earthly things and would not mistaken
Himself(light) to a mere flash.
Don't be deceived,the devil has nothing good to offer!
The second instance was in vs 9,when he set him on the pinnacle of the
temple and said "If thou be theson of God,cast thyself down from hence"
In the next two verses "vs 10 and 11" the devil quoted "psalm 91 vs 11-12" to back up his arguement.What a challenge?
If the devil will not be void of scriptural verses to back up his
arguement,why must you?.The issue here is that many believers are
"resting while the devil is reading so as to be able to roar to them
since they lack the word" How much of God's word do you have in you in
order to resist the devil?
Jesus hearing this knows that,to fight
he needs the word and He replied in vs 13 by saying "FOR IT'S
WRITTEN,THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD YOUR GOD"
Hearing this,the bible recorded that the devil departed from Him for that season.
#You become a LORD FOR THE DEVIL WHEN YOU HAVE THE WORD IN YOU#
The only thing to resist the devil is the WORD-Resist the devil and he shall flee.
Spend quality time in studying of the word of God and you will escape the trap of the devil.
GOD BLESS.
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