Mark 1:13 tells us our Lord “was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto Him.”
The presence of these wild beasts, along with Satan's relentless temptations, presents a picture of terrible desolation.
The Bible teaches us that our Lord was tempted but it also teaches us that He never yielded to temptation (cf. Hebrews 4:15; 7:26; John 8:46; II Cor. 5:21; I Peter 2:22; I John 3:5).
Furthermore, not only does the Bible teach that Christ was tempted and did not sin, but it also teaches that He could not have sinned. For if it were possible for Christ to sin then He could not have been God, for God cannot sin. In I Timothy 3:16, the apostle Paul states that Christ is “God manifest in the flesh.”
Many Christians fell into sin because they were careless. But no matter how strong the temptation, God will provide a way to escape. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (I Cor. 10:13).
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James J. Barker is a graduate of Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, Virginia Beach, Virginia. He started Bible Baptist Church, May 1990, in Queens, NY. The LORD commissioned him to minister in the new location of Elmont, NY in 1998. The church has moved from storefront to tent...
