After suffering defeat his first attempt to trap Jesus, the devil then took Him up to a high mountain, and showed Him the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. He then presented a proposal to give Jesus the authority and glory of the kingdoms since they belonged to him. However, he also presented a condition that Jesus should fulfil in order to get the kingdoms.
The condition required Jesus to bow down and worship him.
Jesus resorted to the word of God and told the devil to get behind Him since it is written that " You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve" ( Deuteronomy 6:13, 19:20 ).
Christians need to be mindful that the devil does not give up easily when defeated. Rather, he would employ another tactic to tempt the believer to sin. Jesus has shown us that using the word of God against the plans of the devil, will always work, but if you don't study the the word of God at all times, you won't be able to defeat the devil. How often do you study the word of God? You can resolve to begin today to study the Bible everyday so as to be prepared for temptations when they come ( Joshua 1:8 ).
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