Bible Question (short): Was God tempted? |
Question (full): Matthew 4:1 "1 Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." Teasted to see what? Jesus is God, why would he need to be teasted? Matthew 4:8,9 "8 Again, the devil took Him to a very 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 fall down and worship me." What was the Devil trying to test? Could God sin? Deuteronomy 32:4 "4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he." James 1:13 "13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:" jm |