I have a problem with the word “temptation”. I think…

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1. Andrew Beltz says:

   April 22, 2020 at 6:37 pm

   “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.”
   Hebrews 4:15

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2. Jerry Pierre says:

   April 22, 2020 at 6:38 pm

   So it’s tempting when I know you are going to fall for it? So that would mean satan knew Adam and eve would sin that by eating from the tree? Did he know that Adam and eve couldn’t control their appetite?

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3. Andy Barber says:

   April 22, 2020 at 6:41 pm

   Consider this perhaps. That non addicts can be tempted by heroin AT THE RIGHT TIME because of the insidious ‘promise’ it holds. Namely, to numb pain or provide a much needed escape. Remember, humans will go to REDONKULOUS lengths to avoid pain. Jesus was tempted by Satan, because our Lord knew what he would face at the end of his ministry and In his humanity Jesus was not excited about it to say the least. Also, we are tempted by what we feel we deserve it desperately want. Satan offered Jesus precisely what the Lord DOES deserve. The combination of having an easy, painless road to what He was ultimately due anyway must have been surely tempting indeed for Jesus the man. Divinity notwithstanding.

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4. Jacquelyn Kourtney Austin says:

   April 22, 2020 at 6:49 pm

   It shows us the intent and behaviors of Satan. It shows is that the Word (Christ) will not contradict or disobey the Torah (as used by Satan) but that He came to truly fulfill it. Was Christ tempted ? – absolutely not because He is God. He cannot and will
   not contradict or disobey Himself or His Father. He knew His purpose to fulfill His Fathers will. It proves He is the 2nd Adam who could not be persuaded by Satan but rather to crush satans head by atoning for our sin.

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5. Jeff Finster says:

   April 22, 2020 at 7:11 pm

   It means Yeshua had flesh which has a voice just like our flesh does. Therefore we should readily recognize “that serpent of old”. Been with us all from birth.

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6. Mike Andrews says:

   April 22, 2020 at 7:16 pm

   There are things that only tempt us a little, a things that tempt us a lot. Your greatest temptations won’t be the same as mine, but they are all still temptations. Jesus was tempted “in every way, yet was without sin.” His (or our) overcoming temptation doesn’t make it less real.

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7. Rick Guido says:

   April 22, 2020 at 7:17 pm

   I believe when Jesus had not eaten in 40 days bread was pretty tempting. Sometimes we can way over think. This is over thinking.

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8. David Funk says:

   April 22, 2020 at 7:20 pm

   Ive heard it said Satan tempted the flesh desires of every man with Jesus. Provision (bread), safety (falling and testing God), and power (authority over the land Satan showed). I think we can fit these 3 things into every man’s temptation in life.

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9. Raymond L Foster Jr says:

   April 22, 2020 at 7:44 pm

   Is “attempted tempting” a thing?

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10. Randy Emmons says:

    April 22, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    Jesus was tempted in every way we are, yet without sin.

    That doesn’t mean he was tempted to cheat on his wife or tempted to tell one lie to cover another lie.

    Consider it this way: When I experience fear, or loneliness, or rejection, or a million other human emotions that come in this life; because I have a sinful heart I only come up with sinful answers. Those feelings are not sin, it’s my solution to those longings that are sin.

    Jesus felt these same emotions that come with the human condition but he didn’t have a sinful heart to give him answers. What his heart wanted to do in response to these human longings was to turn completely to the Father.

    Here’s where it gets interesting. Longing for the Father’s protection and comfort is NOT sin. But, if Jesus had given in to these overwhelming thoughts and urges and prayed ‘Father please send 10,000 angels to protect me,’ Jesus tells us that WOULD indeed happen.

    But follow that logic through. If Jesus were taken out of this world, WE would have been lost because there would be no cross.

    In that sense we and our salvation become the target of failing the temptation.

    Jesus was being tempted to put his desire to be one with the Father above his desire to save us. Satan was saying ‘Go be with the Father but leave them in their sin.’

    All of the temptations in the wilderness can be seen as temptations to re-prioritize his love and goals.
    1. Use your divine power, give up your human weaknesses and turn the stone into bread.
    2. Throw yourself off the temple. God will protect you and pull you out of this terrible situation.
    3. You want these people? God wants these people? I can make that happen.

    When we feel lonely or abandoned we turn to drugs or sex or food or drink or any earthly sin to relieve that pain. That’s the only solution a sinful heart can come up with.

    Jesus had no sinful heart but he did feel lonely and abandoned and every pain and temptation that we feel. He longs to be one with the Father as a solution and relieve that pain. That’s not sin. But if he gives in to those endless and overwhelming longings to go back, we loose.

    In that sense he was tempted in EVERY way we are, but without sin.

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11. Jason Bristow says:

    April 22, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    Yes Jesus was tempted. I truly believe that for many of the reasons already stated in these comments. But Jesus being the perfect teacher shows us how to best to resist those temptations. Each time he referred to scripture, Gods truth. And satan moved on to the next temptation. This has helped me many times in my personal walk. I’ve got different verses for different temptations that seem to pop up in my life frequently. Once I take my focus off the temptation and put it back on God’s word it’s easier to resist.

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12. Aaron Andrew says:

    April 22, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    Here’s what Strong’s says about the translation of “tempted” in Matthew 4. See 2.c in particular, I find this to be a fitting translation. Read also Deut 6:16 which Jesus quotes as a rebuttal to Satan

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13. Sinatra Bigglesworth III says:

    April 22, 2020 at 11:17 pm

    Jesus was tempted! We must stop doing what the agnostics have been attempting since the letters of John till today, stripping our Savior of his humanity! God became Man. To sin not is to be capable of sinning. To not be tempted is to preempt this existential capacity.
    To hunger is to be human.
    Ascetics, puritans, even contemporary conservatives in the pursuit of righteous living……….risk replacing Jesus’ humanity with a version of themselves they self-righteously venerate. (And never achieve of course)

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14. Rob Brown says:

    April 23, 2020 at 12:09 am

    To tempt is to entice to evil whether or not the one enticed actually yields to it.

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15. Rizaldy S. Menor says:

    April 23, 2020 at 12:30 am

    Do not go beyond what was written:

    Matthew 4:1

    Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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16. Prabal Shrestha says:

    April 23, 2020 at 12:53 am

    Let’s us not ignore the fact that He was 100% human too.

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17. Reece Phatudi says:

    April 23, 2020 at 2:11 am

    The moment one ignore or forget that Jesus Christ is Adam you will have a problem of reconcile certain issues.

    Jesus was tempted just like Adam, to restore the mistakes of Adam.

    Principles of Restoration!!!

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18. Anthony Pomeroy says:

    April 23, 2020 at 4:32 am

    To understand this you really need to understand the law of redemption. One of the requirements for a kinsman Redeemer is you have to be physically related to the one you are redeeming the property of. True Christ had no intention of ever sinning since his very nature wouldn’t allow it but he being made of flesh made him part of Adams race (humanity). Since it was a human that sinned and plunged humanity into the curse the law of redeeming meant someone from within the human race is the only one able to redeem. God as a spirit could not do it. But by being born into the human race now he is directly related to us all through the flesh. Since the price to pay for redemption was death (wages of sin is death) this is the price all men would pay for their own sin debt thanks to Adam.
    Since Christ was in the flesh now Satan finally was able to actually tempt God. Hoping that the desires of the flesh would be stronger than the character of Christ. So finally having a shot, Satan threw all he had at Jesus hoping he would fail. What that actually done was allowed Christ to be tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin. So if he was tempted in every aspect of sin that all humans face then he is able to save all humanity, no matter how wicked or how sinful one might have been. Even the most vilest offender you can think of Christ was once tempted to that extreme and he passed the test.
    So by being born of flesh he met one requirement of a kinsman Redeemer. By being tempted in all points as we are that qualified him for the 2nd requirement to be a kinsman Redeemer.
    By willing laying down his life for humanity that met the 3rd requirement for the kinsman Redeemer.
    The 3 requirements are #1 have to physically be related, #2 has to be physically able to redeem, and #3 has to be willing to redeem.
    Christ fulfilled God’s law of being a kinsman Redeemer when he was tempted by Satan. The fact he was never actually tempted to sin cause of his nature is irrelevant. The temptation alone was what was needed to make him physically able to redeem us according to the law.

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19. Matthew Kennedy says:

    April 23, 2020 at 6:11 am

    Tempted. Jesus was hungry, the devil offered a solution for food. Jesus was to die a painful death to be the king of kings, Satan offered rule over everything without the pain, suffering and death. Jesus was challenged to prove that he was the son of God by throwing himself off the top of the temple so the angels would catch him. I recon he was tempted.

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20. John Foster says:

    April 23, 2020 at 7:26 am

    Jesus was a unique entity. He was God, but He was also a man. His flesh was tempted, but His will was supernaturally influenced by God. Temptation was always present but His will was focused by His relationship with/as God.

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21. David Holmes says:

    April 23, 2020 at 10:22 am

    sure u do –> the KJV version [in this content] is awful/terrible with the Greek 3986 πειρασμός peirasmós, pi-ras-mos’ –> adversities, afflictions, troubles, trails –> the NKJV, AMP [versions] are better job with the Greek?

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