![]() More significantly, the 40 days and nights are also a parallel to the 40 years the Israelites spent wandering the desert because of their lack of faith in God. Jesus follows the path of Moses andĮlijah to cleanse, purify and seek God's will in the wilderness. Fasting alone is not enough,īut must go hand in hand with prayer. The importance of prayer and fasting isĭenying oneself and following the will of God. ( Deuteronomy 9:9-18, Exodus 34:28).Įlijah traveled and fasted 40 days and nights through the wilderness to the Moses fasted and prayed for 40 days on a mountaintopīefore he received the 10 commandment stone tablets from God and afterwards To be in the wilderness is to be alone totally relyingĪnd Elijah also fasted and prayed for 40 days and nights in the wilderness Unpredictable and harsh it is a place that offers nothing but the possibility of death. The wilderness? Because the wilderness is void, far from any manmade civilizationĪnd distraction. By coming to earth as a man, Jesus humbled Himself to Jesus has the same weaknesses, struggles, doubts, fears and Obedient to God, but the Holy Spirit brought Jesus to the wilderness to prepareįact that Jesus is tested by the devil, reveals that He is also 100% human. Like an exercise done merely for our benefit to see that Jesus was indeed Of course, we are saying this after the fact. Many of us know Jesus is the Son of God,Īnd in our thinking, temptation "shouldn't have been a problem for Jesus",īecause He is 100% God and can conquer anything. Undoubtedly during those 40 days and nights, Jesus was praying, thinking, questioning and seeking what God wanted Him to do and undoubtedly the Holy Spirit revealed to Him what He had to do. His baptism, Jesus is lead into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted. The devil left Him, and angels came and attended him. Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” This I will give you, ” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” The kingdoms of the world and their splendor. The devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all It is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot againstĪ stone.’” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do “If you are the Son of God, ” he said, “throw yourself down. The devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. Is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but on every word that Tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Īfter fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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