“For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted…[He] was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”
(Heb. 2:18;4:15)
The scriptures tell us, “...the common people heard Him gladly.” One reason for this is the fact that He was human. Yes! all God; but just as true, all man. He knew what it was like to suffer the common temptations to which all common people are susceptible.
His being tempted demonstrated the genuineness of His humanity. In both Matthew’s and Luke’s account of the temptation He told Satan He was there as a man. For we are told, “God cannot be tempted.” Therefore, because of this fact He is knows how to aid tempted souls.
He is fully capable of understanding and being sympathetic to us when the Tempter shows up on our doorstep. For He felt the full force of his temptation, “He resisted...unto blood.” His temptation was not the result of any corruption from within, but Satan from without.
We are tempted, as our first parents were, with “...the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” But also was our precious Lord Jesus. Check the temptation in Matthew and Luke chapter four. The best of saints are tempted; there’s no sin in temptation; the sin is in yielding.
Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin
Each victory will help you or some others to win
Fight manfully onward, dark passions subdue
Look ever to Jesus and He'll carry you through.
An Old Disciple
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