Satan - And - Jesus

When Satan confronted Jesus, he did not pick Him up and throw Him off the pinnacle of the temple. Nor did he turn the stone into a loaf of bread and stuff it in Jesus' mouth. He did not have the power to do that. He had to appeal to Jesus and then wait for Jesus' response. What was that response? It was not, "Who do you think you are? Do you know who I am? I am the Son of God, Jesus responded with the Word of God. Rather than speak on His own behalf, He used the Scriptures to respond to Satan. He spoke them directly to him, using the authority of God's Word to defend Himself against Satan's attempted deceptions. All three temptations received the same response: "It is written. It is written. It is written." (Graphic: Jeffrey Zwartjes hat sich etwas auf Stuff I Dig gemerkt. Pinterest)