Matthew 4 is where we see the adversary tempting Yeshua in the wilderness. This is an event that most of us have read or taught before. However, what strikes me as fascinating in this event is how stable and grounded Yeshua is in Torah during his reply to the tempter in all three scenarios.
The Tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order these stones to become bread.” Yeshua replied---Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai’
On the second scenario the tempter actually quoted Psalm 91 He will order his angels to be responsible for you. . . .They will support you with their hands, so that you will not hurt your feet on the stones. Yeshua replied---‘Do not put Adonai your God to the test.
Finally the tempter wanted Yeshua to worship him; but Yeshua replied---Worship Adonai your God, and serve only him.
What really got Yeshua through this ordeal is being filled with the spirit of Torah in his inward parts. This is something that all of us must have!
Psalms 119:11 says--- Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I wonder at times have we really hid the Torah in our hearts. A place where our private thoughts are sinful and out of sight from those around us. A place where sin is committed and no one knows or sees. It's different from the outward sins of lies, adultery, fornication etc... these can be seen with the naked eye.
Yeshua being so deeply rooted in Torah, did not allow thoughts of breaking his fast, or using his position to sin or to become arrogant; nor having the thought of rebellion against YHVH---none of these things actually entered his heart. Yeshua was stable in all His ways!
Hide the Torah in your heart - your secret place, so that when the tempter comes what comes out of you is not an act of sin, but the TORAH asYeshua did.
Shalom and Blessings
Brother Isaac
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