Matthew 4:1

When you give your heart to Jesus, Satan will use every thing in his bag of tricks to tempt you away from the one, true God.

 Stand fast, resist the devil and he must flee. 

Jesus’ response to all three temptations was to quote the Word of God, showing His followers the power of Scripture in battling the Evil One. We are made strong in the furnace of affliction but He will not allow us to go through trials without a way of escape….trust in Him alone.

 He will start with your physical needs: food, housing, clothing. If that fails he will use your own stupidity to destroy you from the inside out with irrational, risky behavior. His last trick is to get you to worship the world and all its idols: pride, greed and arrogance, making you believe that the world is yours for the taking and whatever it takes to succeed is just being street smart.

Satan did not lead Jesus to the temptation; the Holy Spirit did. This temptation took place immediately after Jesus’ baptism. Spiritual victories are often followed by testing.

Matthew 4:1

4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

 The New King James Version.

Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 

Luke 4:1

¹²  Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. 

Mark 1:12