Jesus weapon against the devil is the Bible. That needs to be my weapon when I'm faced with temptation. The phrase "it is written" is in the perfect tense, meaning it has been written and it stands written, the ongoing truth and power of God's word.
The devil obvioulsy knows and will use the Bible and so how much more essential is it that I know it! It also shows that the Bible can be misused and it is possible to have a massive knowledge of the bible but still be missing the relationship with Jesus. As well as just simply studying the bible, I need the Holy Spirit to reveal it to me otherwise I might as well be studying the phone book.
The statement that Jesus was hungry after 40 days fasting must be one of the biggest understatements in the bible. Its interesting that in repsonse to the devils temptation to provide food Jesus quotes from deuteronomy which originally refers to the Israelites 40 years in the desert where God proved that He would meet their needs by providing manna etc. God will meet our needs and we can trust Him with that.
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