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They represent the worldy appetities that we all face to some degree: appetites of the body, seeking the approval & adoration of others and the desire for power & domination. Christ was very secure himself and the Gospel He came to teach. He came to overcome the world and demonstrated humbly how to do so.

2006-10-22 05:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0 0

From Wikipedia:
"In Luke and Matthew's accounts, the devil tempts Jesus to:
Worship the devil in return for all the kingdoms of the world. Luke has the devil explicitly claim this authority had previously been handed to himself, the devil.
Make bread out of stone(s) to relieve his own hunger (Matthew has stones while Luke has this stone)
Free himself from a pinnacle by jumping and relying on angels to break his fall. The narrative of both Luke and Matthew has the devil quote Psalm 91:11-12 to show that God had promised this assistance, although the devil omits the part of that passage which makes clear that it is only accidents that are being referred to, not deliberate jumps."

These boil down to strawman arguments that attempt to show that Jesus cannot be tempted. Of course, the answers given really don't answer deeper underlying questions about Christianity. They are supposed have deeper meaning, especially to Christians.

In the first argument, the Devil tempts Jesus with all of the kingdoms of the world, if Jesus will worship him. Jesus just replies that he was told not to do so by God and that God has promised him greater spoils.

In the second argument, the Devil asks Jesus to make a stone into bread. Jesus argues that he doesn't need to be God will provide. Of course, Jesus doesn't feel that way, apparently, when in other stories he does other "miracles" such as making water to wine.

In the third argument, the Devil asks Jesus to jump because God promised to save him. Instead of pointing out that God put a loophole in there that only includes accidents, he claims that God shouldn't be tempted. In fact, people die of accidents all the time, so this really isn't a satisfactory answer to the Devil's "temptation". Also, Jesus, himself, supposedly suffered a painful death not of his choosing and God didn't save him from that. Granted, Jesus' death was only temporary so it was a temporary pain, but it still invalidates any meaning of that Psalm that says that God will save people.

2006-10-22 11:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0 0

It is to do with the kingdoms the Devil was offering to Jesus, and also not slaving for the Devil, therefore a more pertinent question is "Were the kingdoms the Devils to offer", however i diverge.

Jesus not only turned down local kingship but world kingship of Satan’s organization! The Devil “showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him: ‘All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me.’” (Matt. 4:8, 9) Jesus rejected all such worldly offers, for he prized God’s friendship above all things. To have accepted the Devil’s offer would have made Jesus God’s enemy. It is asking for Gods enmity if we cultivate friendship with the world. The divine rule is inflexible: “Do you not know that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever, therefore, wants to be a friend of the world is constituting himself an enemy of God.” (Jas. 4:4) This wicked world is doomed to destruction at God’s war of Armageddon, and the friends of this world will pass away with it. (1 John 2:15-17) As the prophetic victory song of Barak and Deborah foretold: “Let all your enemies perish, O Jehovah, and let your lovers be as when the sun goes forth in its mightiness.”—Judg. 5:31.

Nor are riches the kind of friend Christians should make for themselves. When discussing this matter of making the right kind of friends, Jesus said: “Make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous riches.” Though riches can be used to help make friends, riches in themselves are not to be viewed as though they were man’s only friend, for, explained Jesus: “No house servant can be a slave to two masters; for, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves to God and to riches.”—Luke 16:9, 13.

Jesus thus stated a fundamental rule: No one can be a slave to two masters. The two masters, it is understood here, are in opposition to each other, one being good and the other bad. Jesus showed that if a person holds to one of these, he will despise the other, loving one and hating the other. The contrast between the rulers is so great that one cannot be for both

2006-10-22 12:10:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Jesus was on this Earth to do God's will. The temptations Satan offered were not within God's will.

2006-10-22 11:52:02 · answer #4 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0 0

The reason is that Jesus knew who He was dealing with. Jesus said He was on earth to do the Father's will.

2006-10-22 11:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Esther 7 · 0 0

we still rolling jesus back forth give him break at least

2006-10-22 11:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by george p 7 · 0 0

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