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Jesus Suffered Temptation [Spirituality & Religion]

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Jesus suffered temptation like all of us suffered but did not sin like we did.
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Right. He knew what temptation felt like, so He could relate to our feelings of temptation, yet never sinned.

James 1:13, "Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone."
Heb. 4:15, "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin."

Jesus came as a man in order to fulfill the law of God and to be the sacrifice for sin. He did this as a man. When He resisted the temptations of the devil, He quoted scripture - as a man. He did not at that time rely on His divine nature when going about His earthly ministry in Israel. As a man, He was tempted; and as a man, He resisted temptation by relying on God's word. He cast out demons by the Holy Spirit and not by His own divine nature. Therefore, Jesus was tempted in His human nature - not in His divine. He did not rely on His divine "side" to help Him out. Instead, He completely relied on the Father, the Holy Spirit, and God's word to successfully resist the temptations that came to Him.