Satan did not give up though. After Jesus was baptized He went into the wilderness to fast and fellowship with His Father and the Holy Spirit. Satan, who is not omniscient nor omni-present, must have been at the baptism to hear the Father say, "This is my beloved Son" I think that Satan was there because John was baptizing and showing himself to be the forerunner of the Messiah. Satan was allowed to know this much. And, when Jesus went into the wilderness, Satan decided to meet Jesus there to tempt Him into sin in order to foil God's plan and to corrupt God by getting the divine Son to sin. I think that Jesus, as God, knew already that Satan would tempt Him throughout the 40 days in the wilderness. Jesus had been tempted all of His life externally, since he had not sin nature, and this external temptation was through Satan ultimately. Jesus was well aware of this and had refused to sin all those 30 years of His life. But Satan thought that surely Jesus would succumb to his temptations this time in this desolate place, alone, and experiencing physical hunger, fatigue, etc.. So, Satan thought he had Jesus at his weakest and was so cocky and self-assured that his evil plan would work. But Jesus knew that his human nature would stand the test because He knew He was God in the flesh and as a divine person, He could never sin. There was not a divine person and a second human person in Jesus (2 persons in one being). NO! He was one divine Person with two natures. There was not a human person in Jesus who owned the human nature. This truth is very important, because Satan thought wrongly about this and thus thought he would succeed.
But each time, using Scripture that He inspired to be prophesied and written, Jesus TRIUMPHED over Satan, displaying the power and authority of Scripture over Satan from the One who is the Word of God! Jesus proved to Satan that He was truly God and truly man, but unable to be corrupted by sin. cont. to Pt. 6
Pt. 5
Satan did not give up though. After Jesus was baptized He went into the wilderness to fast and fellowship with His Father and the Holy Spirit. Satan, who is not omniscient nor omni-present, must have been at the baptism to hear the Father say, "This is my beloved Son" I think that Satan was there because John was baptizing and showing himself to be the forerunner of the Messiah. Satan was allowed to know this much. And, when Jesus went into the wilderness, Satan decided to meet Jesus there to tempt Him into sin in order to foil God's plan and to corrupt God by getting the divine Son to sin. I think that Jesus, as God, knew already that Satan would tempt Him throughout the 40 days in the wilderness. Jesus had been tempted all of His life externally, since he had not sin nature, and this external temptation was through Satan ultimately. Jesus was well aware of this and had refused to sin all those 30 years of His life. But Satan thought that surely Jesus would succumb to his temptations this time in this desolate place, alone, and experiencing physical hunger, fatigue, etc.. So, Satan thought he had Jesus at his weakest and was so cocky and self-assured that his evil plan would work. But Jesus knew that his human nature would stand the test because He knew He was God in the flesh and as a divine person, He could never sin. There was not a divine person and a second human person in Jesus (2 persons in one being). NO! He was one divine Person with two natures. There was not a human person in Jesus who owned the human nature. This truth is very important, because Satan thought wrongly about this and thus thought he would succeed.
But each time, using Scripture that He inspired to be prophesied and written, Jesus TRIUMPHED over Satan, displaying the power and authority of Scripture over Satan from the One who is the Word of God! Jesus proved to Satan that He was truly God and truly man, but unable to be corrupted by sin. cont. to Pt. 6
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