Jesus said, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds from the mouth of God". Then again Jesus said,
"It is written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God". Then a third
time Jesus said, "Get thee hence, Satan: It is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve". In this most
amazing event in the life of Christ we see the Son of God doing battle
with Satan. Three times Satan tempts Jesus with twisted scripture, and
three times Jesus responds with Holy Scripture. Jesus quotes directly
from the Holy Scriptures of his day (our Old Testament), using as a
sword against Satan he quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, then Deuteronomy 6:16,
and thirdly Deuteronomy 6:13. It was in this way Jesus defeats the
temptations of the evil one, and thus teaches us how we are to defeat
the devil when we are tempted with thoughts contrary to the will of God.
We must counter the devils lies with truth. By counter-speaking,
speaking against the twisted logic that bombards our minds we will gain
victory and the peace that comes with it. (Matthew 4:1-11)
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