1. Matthew 4:1–11 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How do we know about these temptations, seeing no human being was present, and why is this event important?

Matthew 4:1–11 (ESV)

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Jesus must have told people. This is such an important event that it had to be recorded in the Bible. Jesus proved that man is a being who is able to reject Satan and remain faithful to God in the most difficult circumstances. God had created such a wonderful being, yet Adam and Eve did not show this. But Jesus did! All glory to God!

God shows that he is a God of justice. He does not erase Adam’s guilt and failure, but allows it to be made right.