Do you know what it means to be tempted?  It is wanting or being asked to do things which we know are wrong.  The devil came to Him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."  He tried to tempt Jesus to take matters into His own hands, rather than trust His Father, God.  But, Jesus answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Jesus was hungry from going without food for forty days.  Satan suggested that He use His power to turn stones into bread.  If the Lord had done so, He would have been using His powers for His own good.  But, Jesus was set on doing His Father's will, so He refused.

Then the devil took Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the highest point of the temple.  "If you are the Son of God," he said, "Throw yourself down.  For it is written, 'He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.'"

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour.  "All this I will give you," he said, "If you will bow down and worship me."  Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'  "Away from Me, Satan!  For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.'"  Then the devil left Him, and angels came and attended Him.

Jesus knew that it was wrong for Him to use the power of God to make bread out of stones in order to satisfy His hunger.  Why did Jesus know that this was wrong?  Well, the power of God was upon Jesus to enable Him to do wonderful things for other people, but it would have been wrong for Him to use that power for Himself.  This is a lesson which all boys and girls will have to learn, that we must obey God's Word always!

Jesus never sinned or did anything wrong, not even when the devil tempted Him.  He could have avoided the cross.  That would have gone against God's plan for Him to give His life on the cross, to be resurrected, and to sit at the Father's right hand in His Kingdom.  Thank God, that Jesus always obeyed and pleased God in all He did and said!

Just think of all the wonderful things God has promised to do for us!  We want to be like Jesus, don't we?  Yes, and to do that we have to say "no" to temptations to do wrong and disobey God.  That's why we need to learn and memorise Scripture so that we can know how to answer the devil's temptations to do wrong.

God bless!