Tempted But Triumphant

Many Christians are unaware that the very first thing to happen to Jesus after He was baptized by John is that He was sent immediately into a personal war with Satan. The wicked tempter moved with urgency to derail the saving mission of Jesus as soon as the Father had released Him into it. For over a month, Jesus personally endured a nonstop cycle of temptation from His enemy. Why is this account in the Bible? What are we to learn from the temptation of Christ by Satan? Jesus’ example not only empowers us to triumph over temptation, but some very common tactics of the devil are exposed in this account of Jesus’ fight in the wilderness and, if we will pay close attention, we will become better equipped to overcome Satan when he comes after us.