marhig
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The reason I believe that Jesus was tempted after the wilderness, is because he said so himself.Again, you said he BECAME CHRIST at the baptism; that's why.
From the scriptures we can see that Jesus was led to the desert for the purpose of being tempted by the devil. That was why Jesus was led to the desert, which proves that Jesus was not tempted in such a way every day, as some here believe they are tempted.
Whether or not the whole time in the desert was a constant temptation, I do not believe so, for we have the scriptures speaking of temptation after he was hungry, after he did not eat for 40 days, after he suffered in the body for 40 days.
From the scriptures we see that after that the devil left him.
The next time was probably before being arrested, since this is the time he talked about temptation when the body is weak and the mind is willing. This was the time before being arrested and Jesus didn't sleep and had the thoughts of torture and death before him.
We know that the Bible says that if we resist Satan and submit to God, Satan will flee from us.
How much more does the Jesus Christ the Word of God know this!
I do not believe for a second that Jesus, the Word of God, who is obedient to God, would continue in being tempted to sin every day all day.
How anyone gets that Jesus is tempted to sin with his flesh all day every day makes life just a pathetic existence that I do not see in the scriptures.
This is Jesus talking to his disciples.
Luke 22
Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Why did Jesus say that the disciples continued with him in his temptations? They weren't with him in the wilderness, and they continued with him whilst he was being tempted, so Jesus must have been tempted more than just in the wilderness. Jesus would have gone through everything we do, and that includes being often tempted, the difference is he didn't sin, he fought satan on his own ground and won and overcame him.