This just hit me.....
When Satan tempted Eve in the garden, he started with *Did God really say....?*
The first thing he did was twist Scripture. Where Adam and Eve went wrong was that they didn’t bother to correct him, either by Eve going to Adam or both going to God. And they were depending on the spoken word.
When Jesus was tempted, Satan tried THE SAME THING....
He twisted Scripture but this time Jesus, the second Adam, replied appropriately with *It is written....*. Jesus didn’t argue or rationalize with him, He just appealed to the Word of God, as Adam should have done, and He appealed to the WRITTEN word.
He overcame where Adam failed.
Yes!! AMEN!!
We are to rebuke satan with THE WORD for THE WORD has the power in IT. We know satan will come so we are to be ready in season and out. Satan hates the WORD of God - so he created his own man made words to deceive ‘many’ on his wide road of destruction which is away from GOD/HIS WORD - TRUTH.
That’s why HIS CHURCH stands on HIS WORD alone! For His children would never listen to another.
Exactly!
Jesus never appealed to tradition.
Great insight!
Great analysis. You could build an entire sermon around your excellent conclusions.