4:1 當時,耶穌被聖靈引到曠野,受魔鬼的試探。
4:2 他禁食四十晝夜,後來就餓了。
4:3 那試探人的進前來,對他說:「你若是上帝的兒子,可以吩咐這些石頭變成食物。」
4:4 耶穌卻回答說:「經上記著說:人活著,不是單靠食物,乃是靠上帝口裡所出的一切話。」
4:5 魔鬼就帶他進了聖城,叫他站在殿頂(頂:原文是翅)上,
4:6 對他說:「你若是上帝的兒子,可以跳下去,因為經上記著說:主要為你吩咐他的使者用手托著你,免得你的腳碰在石頭上。」
4:7 耶穌對他說:「經上又記著說:『不可試探主─你的上帝。』」
4:8 魔鬼又帶他上了一座最高的山,將世上的萬國與萬國的榮華都指給他看,
4:9 對他說:「你若俯伏拜我,我就把這一切都賜給你。」
4:10 耶穌說:「撒但(就是抵擋的意思,乃魔鬼的別名),退去吧!因為經上記著說:當拜主-你的上帝,單要事奉他。」
4:11 於是,魔鬼離了耶穌,有天使來伺候他。
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 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 God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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 God,” 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.’”
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[e]”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
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主耶穌是上帝取人的樣式在是世界上生活,在人看起來是人,而魔鬼也將祂當成人,所以會來試探主耶穌,正如牠面對第一亞當一樣,認為主耶穌也會像亞當一般,受試探之後就犯罪了!
而主耶穌也再受試探的時候,更是以人性來面對試探,正如祂在受約翰之洗的時候一樣,是以人的樣式來面對!然而用人的方式來面對時,完全不用祂超自然的權柄,單單用聖經的話,祂不斷的宣告:「經上記著說:…」!
祂這樣做是要為我們建立榜樣,要讓我們效法祂,在魔鬼試探的時候,要堅信上帝的話,用上帝的話來對付魔鬼的作為,這是非常重要的方法和原則!亞當和夏娃在這上面失敗,就是沒有堅持上帝的話!
在面對試探時,不是我多剛強或多敬虔,依靠自己必定失敗!要憑著上帝的話,我們才能勝過惡者!因為惡者只會用謊言來影響我們,然而上帝的話安定在天,永不改變!正如保羅所說:「聖經都是上帝所默示的(或譯:凡上帝所默示的聖經),於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的,叫屬上帝的人得以完全,預備行各樣的善事。」(提摩太後書3:16-17)
而使用上帝的話,就會為我們建立堅強的信心,使徒彼得也說:「務要謹守,警醒。因為你們的仇敵魔鬼,如同吼叫的獅子,遍地遊行,尋找可吞吃的人。你們要用堅固的信心抵擋他,因為知道你們在世上的眾弟兄也是經歷這樣的苦難。」(彼得前書5:8-9)
另外我們在受魔鬼的試探中,也要心存盼望:「忍受試探的人是有福的,因為他經過試驗以後,必得生命的冠冕;這是主應許給那些愛他之人的。」(雅各書1:12)
而主耶穌勝過試探之後,「魔鬼離了耶穌,有天使來伺候他」!讓我們也靠上帝的話勝過魔鬼的試探,而得著從上帝來的榮耀!
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