Luke 4

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 
3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 
4 And Jesus answered him,It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.
5 And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, 
6 and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 
8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’” 
9 And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’ 
11 and “‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” 
12 And Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 
13 And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. 

Hello everyone, I am kiki. Chinese name of our second phase of the program is “读经大讲堂”. The English name is “Bible study”.
We will adopt a relaxed also enjoyable learning mode to take you into a new learning world. Each time I will make a personal summary and analysis from the perspective of a learner, and then Sister Ingrid will help me conduct in-depth learning and problem discussions with everybody.
I hope that such an interesting and interactive process can bring new knowledge experience to you all. The following is my interview with sister on related issues. Today is the fourth lecture on the Gospel of Luke.
Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion!

2.My summary of Luke fourth-time study:

Well, everybody! Firstly, is still my today’s personal study summary.
After Jesus was baptized, He was full of the Holy Spirit and went into the wilderness for 40 days, led by the Spirit. During this time, He didn’t eat anything, so naturally, He was super hungry.
That’s when the devil showed up to tempt Him. First, the devil said, “If you’re really the Son of God, turn this stone into bread.” But Jesus responded, “The Bible says man doesn’t live by bread alone.”
Then the devil tried again. He showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and said, “I’ll give you all the power and glory of these kingdoms if you worship me.” But Jesus shot back, “The Bible says to worship only God.”
The devil didn’t stop there. He took Jesus to the top of the temple in Jerusalem and dared Him to jump off, saying, “If you’re the Son of God, angels will save you because the Bible says they will.” But Jesus firmly replied, “The Bible also says not to test God.”
Finally, after trying every trick, the devil gave up and left, waiting for another chance.
Through all this, Jesus showed incredible strength and faith, relying on God’s Word to stand up to temptation.
Now let Ingrid sister make a go further summary.

3.Sister’s comment from my studying summary:

Hello sister, Jesus was during his earthly life among us God and human being at the same time, but without sin.

That was why the devil tempted him, because he wanted him to fall in sin just like Eve fell in sin years before through the devil’s temptation.

Like the temptation in paradise had something to do with food, the devil tried first if he could tempt Jesus to disobey Gods will by changing stones to bread, too. But even Jesus was hungry, he defended himself by arguing, that man lives not only by bread but by the word of God, too.

The next temptation had something to do, that the devil tempted Jesus to undergo the cross. He said, you can have the whole earth for free, when you adore me.

We have to remember, that Adam and Eve left the earth over to the devil by obeying him and the mission of Jesus by coming to the earth was to conquer back the earth for God by giving his blood on the cross.

The devil wants to have adoration, but Jesus stayed firm and did not give him adoration and preferred to die for us and insisted that there is only God to be worshipped.

The last temptation was a bit tricky, because the devil learned very fast from Jesus, that there is power in the word of God and he became religious by telling Jesus a part of a psalm and arguing with it.

He tempted Jesus to do an unbelievable show for all people around him. But Jesus said, that it is forbidden to test God and he referred to his Goodness, that he is not only human being but God and then the devil gave up for a while.

4. Q list part: base on Luke 4th items:

Okay. Base on above bible study content, now let me ask sister some related questions.
We hope the following questions can be helpful to our brothers and sisters who have just become Christians.

1. Why did Jesus go into the wilderness, and who led Him there?

The Spirit led him there. We have no information if it was the Holy Spirit or another spirit. But the reason is, that Jesus had to prove, that he can stay without sin and being sinless without temptation is too easy.

2. How long did Jesus stay in the wilderness, and what did He do during that time?

He stayed 40 days in the wilderness and fasted.

3. What was the first temptation the devil used against Jesus?

The devil told Jesus, that he should convert stones into bread. First, he put in doubt that Jesus was the son of God, and then he approached, that Jesus was hungry.

4. How did Jesus respond to the devil’s suggestion to turn stones into bread?

He said, that man does not live only by bread but of each word which comes out of the mouth of God. It is written in 5 Mose 8,3

5. What did the devil promise Jesus if He worshipped him?

He promised Jesus all kingdoms on heaven because they belong to him.

6. Why did Jesus refuse to worship the devil?

Jesus will conquer back all kingdoms of the earth, but not by worshipping the devil, which has the only will to be worshipped, but by dying on the cross for us.

7. What did the devil ask Jesus to do at the top of the temple, and why?

He wanted Jesus to jump down from the temple. There could happen two things: Jesus could die or it would be a great show.

8. How did Jesus respond to the devil’s challenge at the temple?

Jesus answered with the bible verse of 5 Mose 6,16: You shall not tempt your Lord.

9. What does this story teach us about handling temptation?

When we are tempted, we should answer with the word of God.

10. Why is it important to rely on God’s Word, as Jesus did in this story?

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.