SATAN TEMPTED GOD

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Matthew 4:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a> by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, �If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.� 4 Jesus answered, �It is written: �Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.�� 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 �If you are the Son of God,� he said, �throw yourself down. For 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 against a stone.�[c>� 7 Jesus answered him, �It is also written: �Do not put the Lord your God to the test.�[d>� 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 �All this I will give you,� he said, �if you will bow down and worship me.� 10 Jesus said to him, �Away from me, Satan! For it is written: �Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.�[e>� 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him

Hi Mahdi

In the Scripture, Matthew 4:1-11, --- it is not accurate to say that �Satan tempted God.�

I think you understand that Almighty God never leaves heaven, but sends his angels and messengers to earth as they are all His servants. In the case of Jesus, He had a human body, but had a Divine Spirit.
--- In Isaiah there is a verse that says �The Lord Himself shall give you a Sign, behold the virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and you will call his name �Immanuel.�

So of this One, the Word (Logos), --- that God sent from heaven, to indwell the body of Jesus, was a special Son of the Virgin Mary, who was CALLED the Son of God, --- but He was not God, --- as God could not have a son, --- but He could say �Be!� and he was.

--- However, there is a Scripture in Hebrews 10 that says:
5 �Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, �Behold, I have come�
In the volume of the book it is written of Me�
To do Your will, O God.�
--- So the Word (Logos) that came from heaven had this Body �prepared,� to indwell. Notice what it says in Surah 3:
45 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to God.�

--- So, the only chance that Satan had to destroy God�s plan of salvation through Jesus Christ, was to tempt Jesus directly, --- in the same way he tempted Adam and Eve. --- Adam, being made perfect, but having a free will to choose, --- chose disobedience to God.
--- Jesus used the Word of God to answer Satan�s temptations, so Jesus was obedient to God, and defeated Satan --- in fulfilled His purpose as the Savior, Messiah.


Placid

Webber wrote: Your title is wrong. It should be "satan tempted Jesus."

according to trinity, Jesus=God. so, i did not make any mistake

Mahdi The Seeke wrote: Webber wrote: Your title is wrong. It should be "satan tempted Jesus." according to trinity, Jesus=God. so, i did not make any mistake