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<blockquote data-quote="ViaCrucis" data-source="post: 77581667" data-attributes="member: 293637"><p>So Jesus was in the wilderness to spend time in prayer and fasting, to prepare Himself for what was going to come after: His ministry.</p><p></p><p>The devil tempting Jesus to turn stone to bread is on the surface really simple: Jesus was fasting, He was probably very hungry. It was a simple "give in to this", and it doesn't seem on its own that serious. After all, would it be the worse thing in the world if you stumbled a little bit when you were trying to fast and eat a bit of bread? That's not the worst thing in the world.</p><p></p><p>There's two reasons why this is a more significant temptation:</p><p></p><p>1) It doesn't end with bread. The devil didn't really care if Jesus ate food or not. The devil's goal is shown more obvious in the later temptations.</p><p>2) It's more than just satisfy hunger, it's "Use your divine power selfishly". It's not "there's some bread here, why not eat it?" It's "turn these stones into bread". It was "You can do it, you have power, you're the Son of God, go ahead, indulge yourself, be selfish, use your authority and power for selfish gain". The deeper temptation isn't just satisfying hunger.</p><p></p><p>Jesus doesn't avoid answering, Jesus' answer was essentially, "Go away". By spending time alone fasting and in prayer, Jesus was putting His focus on God--the devil's temptation was "go on, you're hungry, eat, you can do it, you're the Son of God, use your power to satisfy this one little craving, this little desire"--to appeal to desire and selfish impulse. Jesus says "Go away", "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word from the mouth of God". That is a direct rebuttal, a rejection, of the devil's temptation. "I'm not going to listen to you, go away, this feeling of hunger is temporary, food sustains the belly only for a moment, but God satisfies something deeper".</p><p></p><p>TL;DR version:</p><p></p><p>The temptation wasn't just "eat food", but "abuse Your Divine power and authority to satisfy Your own desire" with the intent to keep tempting (which the devil does anyway); and Jesus' response isn't avoiding, but a head-on rejection: He will not give in, but will rely entirely on His Father, and will never turn away from the path He is now firmly set upon.</p><p></p><p>-CryptoLutheran</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ViaCrucis, post: 77581667, member: 293637"] So Jesus was in the wilderness to spend time in prayer and fasting, to prepare Himself for what was going to come after: His ministry. The devil tempting Jesus to turn stone to bread is on the surface really simple: Jesus was fasting, He was probably very hungry. It was a simple "give in to this", and it doesn't seem on its own that serious. After all, would it be the worse thing in the world if you stumbled a little bit when you were trying to fast and eat a bit of bread? That's not the worst thing in the world. There's two reasons why this is a more significant temptation: 1) It doesn't end with bread. The devil didn't really care if Jesus ate food or not. The devil's goal is shown more obvious in the later temptations. 2) It's more than just satisfy hunger, it's "Use your divine power selfishly". It's not "there's some bread here, why not eat it?" It's "turn these stones into bread". It was "You can do it, you have power, you're the Son of God, go ahead, indulge yourself, be selfish, use your authority and power for selfish gain". The deeper temptation isn't just satisfying hunger. Jesus doesn't avoid answering, Jesus' answer was essentially, "Go away". By spending time alone fasting and in prayer, Jesus was putting His focus on God--the devil's temptation was "go on, you're hungry, eat, you can do it, you're the Son of God, use your power to satisfy this one little craving, this little desire"--to appeal to desire and selfish impulse. Jesus says "Go away", "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word from the mouth of God". That is a direct rebuttal, a rejection, of the devil's temptation. "I'm not going to listen to you, go away, this feeling of hunger is temporary, food sustains the belly only for a moment, but God satisfies something deeper". TL;DR version: The temptation wasn't just "eat food", but "abuse Your Divine power and authority to satisfy Your own desire" with the intent to keep tempting (which the devil does anyway); and Jesus' response isn't avoiding, but a head-on rejection: He will not give in, but will rely entirely on His Father, and will never turn away from the path He is now firmly set upon. -CryptoLutheran [/QUOTE]
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