The Temptation of Us All

Don't insult God with a lie!
1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
So what is sin and what is temptation? Sin is rebellion against God and His laws. Temptation is the tool that Satan uses to entice you into rebellion. It comes in many forms, self-gratification, self-protection and self-exaltation. We are tempted to fulfill our wants apart from God's will. Jesus trusted God's all-sufficiency, all-satisfying goodness. We are tempted to question God's presence and to manipulate God's promises. Jesus rested under the unshakable security of God the Father. We are tempted to exalt ourselves while we rob God of His worship. Jesus exalted God till His death. Satan is cunning and knows our every weakness. Christ and Christ alone never sinned. Christ was tempted forty days and nights. He had no corrupt nature of sin in Him. Not so for us, we have had it from the beginning through Adam. We may try to be like Christ but we will often fail. And why is this? Every person that is born has the will to sin. When we do not yield to temptation it is just an affliction that Satan uses for torment. But when you come to know the joy that is found in Christ and His mercy, you began to struggle against sin. You read about Christ and His love and mercy and want to show others the hope we have found in Christ. All of us are sinners but some of us have been saved by grace! Do you know the grace offered by Christ? Our success at being delivered from sin rest totally on the power of Christ in our lives. Jesus totally relied on the power of His Father to defeat Satan. This is spiritual warfare, a battle between Christ and Satan, two kingdoms battling for souls, and it has eternal consequences. Satan is already conquered and Christ is King. He is a savior King! He is sovereign Lord! We have victory through His blood!
Matt.4:1-11
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,'and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'" 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.