February 20, Evening
The day of temptation in the wilderness.
[Heb.3:8]
Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin.
[Jas.1:13-15]
They lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
[Psa.106:14]
Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost 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, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
[Luke.4:1-3]
He himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. ■ Simon, Simon, ... Satan hath desired to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not.
[Heb.2:18 | Luke.22:31,32]
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