POWER OF THE WORD

Matthew 4: 1,2

Then was JESUS led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward hungry.

THE LAST ADAM IS TEMPTED LIKE THE FIRST ADAM

Notice that the Holy Spirit led JESUS into the wilderness right after He was Baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit.  This is a normal occurrence for those who are Born-again and Baptized; it is normal, because the devil hates the followers of JESUS. The devil will try to snatch the new-born from their new life in JESUS and he will hit them when they are filled with joy and expectation. The devil will also hit the new-born Christian at their weakest point; for JESUS it was hunger.

JESUS is the Son of GOD, the last Adam. The first Adam was tricked into disobedience by the hiss of the serpent working his trickery on Eve. Eve was Adam's weakest link and the serpent knew it. With JESUS, fasting for forty days had left Him very hungry for human food. The devil tried the same trickery with JESUS as he did with the first Adam.

Stay tuned for the unfolding of the victory over the devil and see how JESUS defeated him with the Word. Can you hear the hissssssss of the serpent?

Today's confession:

Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4b)