Devil and Disciple - The Temptation L. J. K. Cross
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited

To care for his own needs at the expense of the world's, are horrifying to watch. Jesus later taught his disciples to pray: “Do not bring us to the time of trial [lead us not into temptation] but rescue us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13)[but deliver us from evil]. May 5, 2014 - Satan's initial defeat came in the wilderness temptation at the beginning of our Lord's ministry. Feb 9, 2014 - Very earnestly, therefore, should we avoid temptation, seeking to walk so guardedly in the path of obedience, that we may never tempt the devil to tempt us. Dearly might we pay for such Our Saviour, who had experience of what temptation meant, thus earnestly admonished his disciples-"Pray that ye enter not into temptation." But let us do as we will, we shall be tempted; hence the prayer "deliver us from evil. Resist him by the power of the gospel. Feb 19, 2011 - Text: John 13:1-30 2/13/2011 Thesis: Satan is the tempter. We are not to enter the thicket in search of the lion. Mar 9, 2014 - Soon after his baptism Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil which should get our attention because Scripture asserts that God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one (James 1:12-16). He pulls out his own heart, which bleeds everywhere. Resisting on his own terms instead of citing Scripture as in Matthew 4, Jesus overcomes the devil's temptations but doesn't walk away without scars. Given that Jesus is God's Son triumphed over the devil! While various disciples speak of whether Jesus is the Messiah, he himself wields an axe, speaking with utter calm of inviting them not to a celebration but to a war.