| The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” |
| —from Matthew 4:3 |
When someone asks you a serious question, or tries to persuade you to do something out of character, it’s best if you give a wise and thoughtful answer. We enter into possible danger, whenever we listen to someone and either respond or do what that one asks without giving careful heed to the wisdom that God willingly supplies. A case in point is offered in the exchange found in Matthew 4:3-4:
The tempter came to him [Jesus] and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
At the beginning of this new day, we do well if we pattern our consideration of requests, our careful answers, and our responsive actions in the same way that Jesus did. Jesus answered the enemy, Satan, by quoting Scripture. If we base our answers on God’s written Word, how can we possibly go wrong?
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