Face to Face with Satan
Luke 4:2-4
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungry.…


Perhaps very few of you know how a man feels when, for the first time, he finds himself, as I remember finding myself, within a few inches of a serpent — when he sees the cobra di capello rearing its head ready to strike, and knows that one stroke of those fangs is death — certain death. That moment he experiences a varied passion, impossible to describe. Fear, hatred, loathing, the desire to escape, the desire to kill, all rush into one moment, making his entire being thrill. Now, take two men: one is in the face of that serpent; the other is in the presence of the old serpent called Satan, the devil; one is in danger of the sting; the other is in danger of committing sin. Which of the two has most reason to flee?

(W. Arthur, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

WEB: for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.




Distress Favourable to Temptation
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