Be emulating the Master, who endured temptations but gave no heed unto them. (D&C 20:22) We, too, can live in a world filled with temptations "such as are common to man". Of course, Jesus noticed the tremendous temptations that came to Him, but He did not process and reprocess them. Instead, He rejected them promptly. If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us. -Elder Maxwell
Sarah offers things he actually doesn't have the power to give.
He looks for that spark of discontent. He is the great deceiver. Satan takes away our power but God and the Savior give us power.
Satan is bound as I am committed to keeping covenants. The millennium can start sooner for us.
Follow me and I will make you fishers of men and they straightway left their nets and followed Him.
It's always been our charge to gather Israel.
Promises to keep. Pre-mortal and mortal promises.
Do the hard work. Look to God in all things.
Satan chooses people when they're idle. God chooses people when they're working.
They wanted the physical kingdom a Savior would offer. They wanted meat and drink and wilderness banquets, not manna.
Christ fulfilled the law, and they rejected Him.
Such a time is always the tempter's moment- when we are emotionally or physically spent, when we are weary, vulnerable, and least prepared to resist the insidious suggestions he makes. This was an hour of danger- the kind of moment in which many men fall and succumb to the subtle allurement of the devil. -President Howard W. Hunter
Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.
Jesus rejected temptation. When confronted by the great tempter himself, Jesus (yielded) not to the temptation. He countered with scripture, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity- Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of the wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives into temptation after give minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness-they have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it; and Christ, because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means.
Robert J. Matthews: Let is be noted that this Messiah, this Jesus whom the fishermen of Galilee had found in their day and in their country, was the same being , the same God, whom Moses, Abraham, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and many other had sought for and found in their day, whose name was Jehovah. Jesus the Messiah in the New Testament, is the same being known as Jehovah in the Old Testament. The hearts of the righteous men and women hunger for more contact with their Savior, and to find him is manna to the soul...Knowledge and testimony of Christ are food for the hungry spirit, just as meat and potatoes are food for the hungry body.
Sterling W. Seal - 1961 "One may not always look where he is going but he will always go where he is looking."
God's standards are a protection. I the Lord am bound when ye do what I say but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.
"Teach them to withstand every temptation of the devil with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ."
"Get ye hence, Satan." Important to recognize the enemy of their souls.
Old Testament Phrases that can be put to memory to give us strength in times of temptation.
- “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9)
- “If the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it?” (2 Kings 5:13)
- “They that be with us are more than they that be with them.” (2 Kings 6:16)
- “But if not…” (Daniel 3:18)
- “Thou art the man.” (2 Samuel 12:7)
- “What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears?” (1 Samuel 15:14)
- “I will not cease to call upon God, I have other things to inquire of Him.”(Moses 1:18)
- “Speak, for thy servant heareth.” (1 Samuel 3:10)
- “I am but a lad,…wherefore am I Thy servant?” ((Moses 6:31)
- “Prove me now herewith.” (Malachi 3:10)
- “Is any thing too hard for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14)
- “And they seemed unto him but a few days.” (Genesis 29:20)
- “Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.” (Genesis 31:16)
- “Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee.” (Exodus 18:18)
- “But as for me and my house…” (Joshua 24:15)
- “Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.” (Ruth 1:16)
- “How long wilt thou halt between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him.” (1 Kings 18:21)
- “And after the fire a still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:12)
- “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.” (Job 1:21)
- “Who hath believed our report?” (Isaiah 53:1) (https://latterdaysaintmag.com/who-when-why-old-testament-take-aways/)
President Nelson - standard works provide standards we need to live by. Development of character comes as we focus on who we really are.
Luke 5: 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Luke 18: 27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
His commandments are not grievous--just the opposite. They mark the path of healing, happiness, peace and joy. -Elder D. Todd Christofferson
If something wrong is subject to recall, something good is also subject to recall.
Matthew 4: 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were afishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
Live so that when the call comes, you can easily walk away. -President Eyring
Rachel's comment, "He just wants your heart, to know you'd be willing to give it all."
