temptation...

1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. 2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. 3 During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

I am being honest with you when I say to you that I do not understand why Jesus turning stones into bread was a big deal... it has something to do with allowing the desires of the flesh to rule us... in my own experience when we are tempted with these things.. just like in this instance... the enemy doesn't have to sound like he is necessarily trying to get you to do something wrong.. and in my own experience you get confused... and in my experience.. God may warn you long before it happens.. telling you that this particular thing is going to happen and that you need to resist it... but when it comes.. it sounds like it is God talking.. and you can get confused.. and then sometimes.. you fall into it... and then you stand there.. and all of a sudden you are unsure if you ever heard the voice of God.. or possibly the enemy has been deceiving you all your life... because of this.. I pray that God will give me a gift that will help me discern the voice of the enemy that he can never again cause me to do something that would be out of the will of God...

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, 6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’” 7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”

this one is a little easier to understand.. this is about doing things to test God... as if we didn't trust Him I guess... idk.. I am not sure that I trust God as I should.. but I am pretty sure I don't want to go jumping off something to see if I can... I have a hard enough time doing what I am supposed to do that is scary without adding things to it...

8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.” 10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” 11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.

this one was about a waste of time... now surely satan knew that the kingdom of this earth is Jesus' anyways if He wanted it to be... this is dealing with pride in a person.. obviously not a sin that Jesus dealt with... although most of us do deal with it somewhat.. we want to be recognized for all that we do.. we want someone to tell us thank you for being so great... not something we get very often.. and we imagine that it isn't really pride.. we just want to be appreciated... again going back to the fact that Christ came here as a servant to mankind.. what makes us imagine we will be any different...