First Commandment II – Don’t Trust Power (Deut. 7)

Three temptations from Deuteronomy 7-10 find their final answer from our Lord Jesus. Each time Satan tempts Jesus in the wilderness, Jesus responds by quoting from Deuteronomy 7-10! Jesus plainly thought that Deuteronomy 7-10 contain the answers to the temptations of Satan. Jesus was being tempted with the same temptations that Israel faced. The difference is that Jesus succeeded where Israel…