Tempted on All Points
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I perceive that there is danger in approaching subjects which dwell
on the humanity of the Son of the infinite God. He did humble Himself
when He saw He was in fashion as a man, that He might understand
the force of all temptations wherewith man is beset.... On not one
occasion was there a response to his manifold temptations. Not once
did Christ step on Satan’s ground, to give him any advantage. Satan
found nothing in Him to encourage his advances.—
The S.D.A. Bible
Commentary 5:1129
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Many claim that it was impossible for Christ to be overcome by
temptation. Then He could not have been placed in Adam’s position;
He could not have gained the victory that Adam failed to gain. If
we have in any sense a more trying conflict than had Christ, then He
would not be able to succor us. But our Saviour took humanity, with
all its liabilities. He took the nature of man, with the possibility of
yielding to temptation. We have nothing to bear which He has not
endured.... In man’s behalf, Christ conquered by enduring the severest
test. For our sake He exercised a self-control stronger than hunger or
death.—
The Desire of Ages, 117
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