Jesus was the First born of the New Creation and the reflection of God. Jesus is our Example and showed us how to walk in obedience to God on earth. But what does obedience to God mean according to the Bible?
Jesus was full of the Holy Ghost and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
耶稣是 割礼 when He was 8 days old and baptized when He was about 30 岁, 他是 在水中受洗 作者：施洗者约翰, and symbolically laid down His flesh in the water.
耶稣受洗后, He prayed to the Father and received the Holy Spirit (卢克 3:21). While Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit, He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered And the devil said unto Him, 如果你是上帝的儿子, command this stone that it be made bread. 耶稣回答了他, 说, 它写成, 那个人不会独自生活, 但是用上帝的每句话.
And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I give Thee, 和他们的荣耀: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be Thine And Jesus answered and said unto him, 让你在我身后, 撒但: 因为经上写着, 你要崇拜主你的上帝, 而他只求你服务.
And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, 对他说, 如果你是上帝的儿子, cast Thyself down from hence: 因为经上写着, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. And Jesus answering said unto him, 据说, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. 耶稣带着圣灵的能力回到加利利 (卢克 4:1-14)
耶稣’ obedience to God in the wilderness
耶稣 禁食的 在荒野中, 他受到魔鬼的诱惑, 为了 40 日日夜夜. The devil tempted Him constantly, but Jesus didn’t give in to his temptations. Jesus stayed loyal, faithful and obedient to God. 那些 40 天, were like a school of the Holy Spirit, to put off the flesh and let the Holy Spirit reign in His life.
The wilderness period was necessary to lay down His flesh. 肉体; the body and soul is the territory of the devil. Because he works in the soul and body of a person, not in the spirit. 魔鬼以为, that when Jesus became weak in the flesh, that he could tempt Jesus and trap Him into sin, 由不服从上帝.
魔鬼以为: “I have tempted another son of God (亚当), and I succeeded, so this is gonna be a piece of cake.” But he was wrong! His tactics didn’t work, and therefore it didn’t go as he had planned.
“如果你是神的儿子, command this stone that it be made bread”
The devil tried to tempt Jesus by saying: “If thou be the Son of God….” If Jesus was led by His flesh, then this could have been a reason, to prove Himself and be led into sin.
How often does it happen, when someone challenges you to prove yourself, that you give into it? And that you prove and testify, that you really are what you say? 但是耶稣没有, He knew who He was, and He knew that His Father knew who He was, and that was sufficient. He didn’t need to prove Himself, 到魔鬼, and to man.
The devil tempted Him to prove, 他是上帝的儿子, by commanding the stone to become bread. But Jesus answered him: “它写成, 那个人不会独自生活, 但是用上帝的每句话”.
“All this power will I give thee, 和他们的荣耀”
The devil took Jesus to a high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the Roman empire and said: “All this power will I give thee, 和他们的荣耀: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine”
刹那间, Jesus saw all the earthly kingdoms. 耶稣知道, that the devil had indeed authority over these kingdoms, because the devil had taken the authority from Adam. 他知道, that the devil could indeed give all these kingdoms to Him, because he had the power to do so. But Jesus came to the earth with a greater mission, He came to fulfil the 神的旨意 and to take ALL authority, that was originally given to Adam, back Gods way, and not the devils way.
Jesus was not tempted by riches, 力量, 可能, wealth etc. and He refused to bow down and worship the devil. Jesus answered: “让你在我身后, 撒但: 因为经上写着, 你要崇拜主你的上帝, and him only shalt thou serve”
“如果你是神的儿子, cast thyself down from hence”
The devil brought Jesus to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, 并且说: “如果你是神的儿子, cast thyself down from hence: 因为经上写着, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone”.
Jesus was tempted again, to prove that He was indeed the Son of God, but He didn’t give into this temptation.
The devil used the words of God, but he used it in a wrong manner, 即: for the flesh.
Jesus knew the Father. He knew the Word of God as no other. 所以, 耶稣回答: “据说, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God”
Jesus didn’t allow any doubt to enter His mind, and stayed in complete obedience to God. He never doubted the words of God. He knew the Father and theFather’s will.
The devil knew the words of God also, and tried to tempt Him, 通过以错误的方式使用上帝的话. But his plan didn’t succeed and failed. He tried so hard to tempt Jesus in the flesh, and to make Him become 不顺服神, but he failed.
The devil’s temptations failed
The devil succeeded in tempting Adam, but he didn’t succeed in tempting Jesus. Jesus stayed in complete obedience to God and kept walking after the Spirit. 他有犯罪的能力, 因为 He was born in the flesh, in the likeness of the sinful flesh, 但他没有.
Jesus stayed obedient to God. He had only one purpose on this earth, and that was to fulfill Gods plan for His life.
During the wilderness period, the devil tried everything to bring Jesus to the flesh, and let Him sin against the Holy Spirit, but he didn’t succeed. Jesus didn’t walk after the flesh and wasn’t ruled by His senses, 情怀, emotions etc., 但是他追着圣灵. 在他的生命中, 耶稣表明, how to walk in obedience to God.
在耶稣之后’ wilderness period, the work of the Spirit could begin!
The devil will never stop tempting the sons of God
In the Old Testament we find many examples of people, 谁是肉体, and were tempted by the devil, and became disobedient to God. 他们由他们的感官领导, 情怀, 情绪, ETC. and walked according to the desires and lusts of their flesh.
The devil tried to tempt many men and women of God. Sometimes he succeeded and other times he didn’t. But he always tried, and he still tries.
是的, the devil is defeated by the blood of Jesus and by His work. 耶稣有 按键, but the devil still has the ability to tempt and to rule over people in the flesh.
The devil will always try, to tempt the sons and daughters of God. He shall never leave a son or daughter alone, but shall always try to tempt and seduce him/her. He operates in the flesh, 因为那是他的领地.
所以, he shall try to seduce a person, through lusts, 欲望, 贪婪, 名声, 力量, 财富, 可能, 富有, 想法, etc. He shall make them proud (傲慢), so that they walk in pride and exalt themselves above others and above God.
他是怎么做到的? By using other people, who will glorify, exalt and boast them. But the devil will not only try to boast them through compliments of people. He will also enter thoughts of pride into their mind.
The devil tried all these things with Jesus, but Jesus didn’t walk after the flesh, 但在圣灵之后. By walking after the Spirit and speaking the Word of Truth, 耶稣击败了魔鬼.
Jesus showed how to walk in obedience to God
你, 作为一个重生的基督徒, should also walk after the Spirit, 就像耶稣一样. Jesus showed you, how to walk in obedience to God. Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit, therefore the Holy Spirit shall also lead you to ‘a wilderness place’ 在你的生活中. Because that’s the place, where you will be tested, moulded, and where you 赶走老人.
When you enter a wildness period in your life, 这都是关于, how you go through this period. Do you walk in the Word and stay obedient to the Word and keep His commandments? 你相信上帝吗, 就像耶稣一样, stay obedient to God? Or do you complain and murmur, 和 feel sorry for yourself, and will you look for help by people or by psychologists or psychiatrists ETC。?
And do you know the Word? So that you can defeat the devil? Or don’t you know, what is really written in the Word? Because if you don’t know the Word, then it could be, that you become a victim of the devil, 通过 错误的教义, which will lead you into disobedience to God and His Word.
Speak the Word of God
Jesus had studied the Word for 30 年. When He received the Holy Spirit, He was led into the wilderness. 在荒野中, Jesus could resist the devil and defeat the devil with the Word. Let us also take time to study the Word of God, so that we are able to resist all temptations of the devil. The only way to defeat him is with the Word.
The devil wants you to become disobedient to God. He will do everything he can to accomplish his mission.
He can deceive you, 如果你不知道这个词. That’s why it is so important to get to know the Word.
Just like Jesus knew His Father, we also ought to know Jesus; 这个单词, and live in obedience to God, 我们的父亲.
You will get to know Him, 通过与他共度时光, in the Word and in 祷告.
Your weapon against the devil is the Word, but you should know how to handle and manage the Word.
You can give a sword to someone, but that doesn’t make that person a soldier.
Only someone, who can manage the sword is a soldier. The life of a soldier requires discipline and practice. This also applies to the spiritual soldiers of the Kingdom of God.
Therefore study the Word of God daily, and apply the words in your life. Only with the Word and by walking after the Spirit, 你将能够抵抗魔鬼. 没有其他方法. Live in obedience to God!
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