God hates pride and arrogance. When you elevate yourself…Satan enters. Jesus, all man-all God, lived to serve. Shouldn’t we also strive to love and serve Him by loving others and wanting their needs met just like we pray for our needs to be met?
Our battles are in the spiritual realm not the physical. God does not need our help He uses our hands, for good, to accomplish His will on earth.
To God alone be all glory!
God led His people into the promised land despite the strength of its inhabitants. He also brought about the kingdom of His Messiah despite opposition. Faithlife Bible.
Specifically, in reference to Jesus, Satan was offering a crown without the cross. Jesus’ experience serves as a pattern in spiritual warfare today: Jesus resisted Satan, then He defeated Satan with consistent, meaningful use of the Scriptures. Having rejected Satan’s offer of bread, assistance from angels, and earthly kingdoms, Jesus was immediately visited by angels who helped Him. NKJ Bible.
Matthew 4:8–11 (NKJV)
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
Matthew 16:26 (NKJV)
26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 26:53 (NKJV)
53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
Joshua 24:14 (NKJV)
14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord!
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