Jesus was Tempted

READ TOGETHER

Watch the Bible story video or read all or parts of Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13 from the Bible.

FAMILY DEVOTION

Have you ever been tempted by the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies? In 2003, the Immaculate Baking Company of North Carolina created a giant outdoor oven and baked the world’s biggest cookie. The chocolate-chip monstrosity stretched 102 feet wide and weighed over 40,000 pounds! Can you imagine how big that temptation must have been?

We all understand temptation, and we have all given into temptation that causes us to sin. It might be the temptation to eat a cookie when Mom said to wait, or it could be the temptation to play a few more minutes of video games when we are supposed to turn it off. As hard as we might try, we all fall into the temptation to sin. That’s why we need Jesus!

When He was tempted by Satan, Jesus used the Word of God to do battle with the enemy. Jesus did not give in, and He remained perfect and righteous. The Word of God—the Bible— can help us to avoid sin and flee from temptation, but we have an even great defense. The Gospel of John says that Jesus is the Word made flesh. All who believe in Jesus have been set free from the power of sin and given the power to say no to temptation. He is the perfect, righteous Savior who came to battle sin and defeat it for good!

Jesus was tempted, but He trusted God and never sinned. Jesus is perfect and righteous. A perfect sacrifice was required to take away sin. Jesus was that perfect sacrifice. He died on the cross to free us from sin and to give us the power to say no to temptation.

PRAY TOGETHER

Jesus, You are the Word who came to live with people. You used the Word to overcome Satan’s temptations, and now we see that You are the Word whose sacrifice has forever defeated sin. When we face temptation, help us look to You as our rescue from sin and our source of power to say no to sin. Amen.