We will never have to suffer the way Christ suffered or experiance the same severe temptations that He went through.
He relied upon the Word "It is written"
What is the only way for us to confront the tempter "It is written"
Heb.12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."
"To share eternity with the ransomed of all ages and the unfallen beings of the other worlds was a prospect that brought utter joy to our Lord as suffered in Gethsemane." (7SDA, BC, p.482)
"Christ, in the wilderness of temptation, stood in Adam's place to bear the test he failed to endure." (Present Truth, 1874)
"Shall we shun the self-denying part of religion? Shall we shun the self-sacrifice, and hesitate to give up the world with all its attractions? Shall we, for whom christ has done much, be hearers and not doers of his words? Shall we, by our listless, inactive lives, deny our faith, and make Jesus ashamed to call us brethren? The ten commandments came from the highest authority, and are we obeying them. (RH 1885)
Clive
