First Temptation of Christ

1.Read Luke 4:1-4.
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God (Luke 4:1-4).

2.What is the first area in which each son of God is tested? Physical survival, and security and comfort on the earth.

3.What is the second issue?
Enjoying the sinful pleasures of the kingdoms of the world, as opposed to denying the flesh and spending time in prayer and the study of the Word of God.

4.What is the third issue?
Steadfast obedience to the Father.

5.What is the meaning of the term Israel ?
He struggles with God.

6.When does Satan speak to us?
When we are weak.

7.What is the first problem many people face when the call of God comes to them?
The "bread" question.

8.What does God know better than we do?
That everyone must eat, everyone must be clothed, everyone must provide for his family.

9.What is mankind attempting to prove today?
That man is an animal whose business in life is that of working, eating, playing, sleeping, and reproducing.

10.Is the destiny of man fulfilled when he is eating, sleeping, working, playing, and reproducing?
No.

11.Are human beings different in kind from animals?
Yes.

12.Read Luke 4:4.
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God (Luke 4:4).

13.Who or what is the Tree of Life?
The Lord Jesus Christ.

14.What are the members of the Body of Christ becoming? "Life-giving spirits."

15.What is true of us if we do not partake of the Life of God?
We are as an animal that is born on the earth, exists on the earth, and returns to the dust of the ground.

16.Read John 6:27, 35.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed (John 6:27).
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst (John 6:35).

17.When did many of the Jews follow the Lord Jesus?
When they realised He possessed the power to multiply loaves and fish.

18.Read John 6:53,54.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day (John 6:53,54).

19.What is the Lord Jesus Christ?
The Word of God made flesh.

20.Of whom is Christ the Substance?
He is the Substance of God Almighty.

21.Of what are we partaking when we eat the flesh of Christ and drink His blood?
The Life of God.

22.What does the Life of God impart to our spirit, our soul, and-at the coming of the Lord-our body?
Eternal life.

23.When will that eternal life be revealed for the world to see?
At the appearing of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

24.What is true of the individual who has not received the body and blood of the Lord Jesus?
He or she is spiritually dead.

25.What is the concept of the first temptation?
Survival.

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