In this episode we finish up the story of Jesus passing through the wilderness of temptation from the devil. It's absolutely critical that Jesus never deviates from God's developmental path. Jesus has come to keep, pioneer, and perfect a new humanity, and in order to do this he has to keep pace with God's developmental plans for him. If he were to fall behind it would amount to a form of immaturity and arrested development, relegating him to being in need of a savior, himself. The enemy knows this, which is why he is so strategic in the ways he approaches Jesus in the desert. His last temptation of Christ in this story is to tempt him with quick and easy access to power - the kind that comes without having to go through a developmental process. Jesus successfully resists the temptation by relying on the teaching from Deuteronomy 6:13, and his identity as the Son of the Father.
We, too, can resist the temptation to gain power or success by taking shortcuts. All true power and success is given to us by God as we become the kinds of people who can steward power and success according to God's will.
Key Passages:
Matthew 4:8-11
Deuteronomy 6:13

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