Where is satan?
Matthew 4:1 Then YESHUA was led by HOLY SPIRIT into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, HE was hungry. 3 The tempter came to HIM and said, "If YOU are the SON of ELOHIM, tell these stones to become bread."
1Timothy 3:2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and ELOHIM's fellow worker in spreading the NEWS of MESSIAH, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them. 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless.
1Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
James 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, "ELOHIM is tempting me." For ELOHIM cannot be tempted by evil, nor does HE tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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The devil/satan is the tempter.
ELOHIM does not tempt.
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We are all tempted by the same three temptations.
Temptation #1. If YOU belong to ELOHIM, let’s see what YOU can do for ELOHIM?
Matthew 4:1 Then YESHUA was led by HOLY SPIRIT into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, HE was hungry. 3 The tempter came to HIM and said, "If YOU are the SON of ELOHIM, tell these stones to become bread."
MT 4:4 YESHUA answered, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every WORD that comes from the mouth of ELOHIM.’"
1.a. Know, believe, and follow (adjust your life to) HIS WORD (Genesis to Revelation)
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Temptation #2. If YOU belong to ELOHIM, no evil will come or happen to YOU.
Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 "If you are the SON of ELOHIM," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" `HE will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that YOU will not strike your foot against a stone.'n "
4:7 YESHUA answered him, "It is also written: `Do not put ELOHIM, your GOD, to the test.' "
2.a.YOU belong to ELOHIM and as HE forms YOU to be strong, firm, and steadfast;
sometimes it hurts.
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Temptation #3. If YOU want to live in my world, YOU will have to do things my way.
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed HIM all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 "All this I will give you," he said, "if YOU will bow down and worship me."
4:10 YESHUA said to him, "Away from me, satan! For it is written: `Worship ELOHIM, your GOD, and serve him only.'"
3.a.Don’t test the LORD.
There will be a time when WE all will have to break away from this world and it’s ways.
HE will save HIS REMNANT.
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1Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because YOU know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1PE 5:10 And ELOHIM, GOD of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in MESSIAH, after YOU have suffered a little while, will HIMself restore YOU and make YOU strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To ELOHIM, be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
If YOU are following our LORD Y’SHUA’s WAYs (Genesis to Revelation), YOU are being tempted, consistently.
You are being restored and being made strong, firm, and steadfast.
The level of temptation changes as YOU grow in HIS WORD.
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satan knows what he is doing. Temptation is not sin, but temptation is aimed at our sin.
If you are not being tempted, consistently, by satan, the devil;
1John 1:10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make HIM out to be a liar and HIS WORD has no place in our lives.
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And ELOHIM is faithful; HE will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, HE will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
GAL 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, YOU who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the LAW of MESSIAH. 3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, 5 for each one should carry his own load.
HEB 2:14 Since the children have flesh and blood, YESHUA too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels HE helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17 For this reason HE had to be made like HIS brothers in every way, in order that HE might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to ELOHIM, and that HE might make atonement for the sin of the people. 18 Because HE himself suffered when HE was tempted, HE is able to help those who are being tempted.
HEB 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, YESHUA, SON of ELOHIM, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a HIGH PRIEST who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have ONE who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the THRONE of GRACE with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Choose, today, who YOU will follow.
Keep me accountable to HIS WORD.
Thank YOU.
Matthew 4:1 Then YESHUA was led by HOLY SPIRIT into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, HE was hungry. 3 The tempter came to HIM and said, "If YOU are the SON of ELOHIM, tell these stones to become bread."
1Timothy 3:2 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and ELOHIM's fellow worker in spreading the NEWS of MESSIAH, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them. 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. 5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless.
1Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
James 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, "ELOHIM is tempting me." For ELOHIM cannot be tempted by evil, nor does HE tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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The devil/satan is the tempter.
ELOHIM does not tempt.
_____________________________________________________________
We are all tempted by the same three temptations.
Temptation #1. If YOU belong to ELOHIM, let’s see what YOU can do for ELOHIM?
Matthew 4:1 Then YESHUA was led by HOLY SPIRIT into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, HE was hungry. 3 The tempter came to HIM and said, "If YOU are the SON of ELOHIM, tell these stones to become bread."
MT 4:4 YESHUA answered, "It is written: `Man does not live on bread alone, but on every WORD that comes from the mouth of ELOHIM.’"
1.a. Know, believe, and follow (adjust your life to) HIS WORD (Genesis to Revelation)
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Temptation #2. If YOU belong to ELOHIM, no evil will come or happen to YOU.
Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 "If you are the SON of ELOHIM," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written:
" `HE will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that YOU will not strike your foot against a stone.'n "
4:7 YESHUA answered him, "It is also written: `Do not put ELOHIM, your GOD, to the test.' "
2.a.YOU belong to ELOHIM and as HE forms YOU to be strong, firm, and steadfast;
sometimes it hurts.
_____________________________________________________________
Temptation #3. If YOU want to live in my world, YOU will have to do things my way.
Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed HIM all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 "All this I will give you," he said, "if YOU will bow down and worship me."
4:10 YESHUA said to him, "Away from me, satan! For it is written: `Worship ELOHIM, your GOD, and serve him only.'"
3.a.Don’t test the LORD.
There will be a time when WE all will have to break away from this world and it’s ways.
HE will save HIS REMNANT.
_____________________________________________________________
1Peter 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because YOU know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1PE 5:10 And ELOHIM, GOD of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in MESSIAH, after YOU have suffered a little while, will HIMself restore YOU and make YOU strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To ELOHIM, be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
If YOU are following our LORD Y’SHUA’s WAYs (Genesis to Revelation), YOU are being tempted, consistently.
You are being restored and being made strong, firm, and steadfast.
The level of temptation changes as YOU grow in HIS WORD.
_____________________________________________________________
satan knows what he is doing. Temptation is not sin, but temptation is aimed at our sin.
If you are not being tempted, consistently, by satan, the devil;
1John 1:10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make HIM out to be a liar and HIS WORD has no place in our lives.
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And ELOHIM is faithful; HE will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, HE will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
GAL 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, YOU who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the LAW of MESSIAH. 3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, 5 for each one should carry his own load.
HEB 2:14 Since the children have flesh and blood, YESHUA too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16 For surely it is not angels HE helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17 For this reason HE had to be made like HIS brothers in every way, in order that HE might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to ELOHIM, and that HE might make atonement for the sin of the people. 18 Because HE himself suffered when HE was tempted, HE is able to help those who are being tempted.
HEB 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, YESHUA, SON of ELOHIM, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a HIGH PRIEST who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have ONE who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the THRONE of GRACE with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Choose, today, who YOU will follow.
Keep me accountable to HIS WORD.
Thank YOU.
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