Matthew 4

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The Spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Temptation often comes after huge moments like when Jesus found out He was the Son of God because Satan is trying to counterattack. If you turn to God, then Satan loses his grip on you, and he hates losing people to God. God also gives us the strength we need to fight these temptations. Jesus fasted for forty days and forty nights and still didn't fall for the devil's tricks. Just because Jesus was special and holy, He was not safe from temptation. The devil came to throw Jesus, so that He couldn't be the blameless sacrifice. If Jesus succeeded in His mission, people could go to Heaven, and not everyone would be condemned to Hell. First, knowing that Jesus is hungry, as he knows all of our weaknesses and desires, Satan tells Jesus He should turn the rocks into bread. Jesus counters that by quoting scripture about needing to live on more than just bread because you need God's word. Then, the devil takes Jesus up a mountain and tells Him to jump because God commands the angels to protect Jesus. Again, Jesus pulls from scripture and says that we should not tetest God. Finally, the tempter takes Jesus to the top of a high temple and shows Him all of the kingdoms and people of the world and tells Him to bow to him and Satan will give all of that to Him, but Jesus says that scripture tells Him that we must only worship God alone. Then, the devil leaves and the angels come to care for Jesus.

Jesus heard that John the baptist had been arrested, so He moved from Nazareth to Capernaum in the region of Zebulum and Nephtali in on the sea of Galilee. This move also fulfilled a prophesy about this region gaining the light despite the fact that those in it had been dark and dead. Jesus preached to the people about how they should change their ways because the Kingdom of God is forever.

Jesus later calls His first disciples. he sees two brothers, Simon (Peter) and Andrew fishing, as they were fishermen, and told them to follow Him and He would make them fishers of men. They immediately dropped their nets and went. He saw two more brothers, James and John fishing with their father and told them to follow Him. They left their nets and father and followed Him. Fishermen were not high up in society at all during this time. It was a lowly job. The men had to work long hours in less than desirable conditions with stinky dead fish Still, the first four disciples are all fishermen, hand chosen by Jesus. Somebody in a lowlier position is humbler and more likely to change their ways to God because a priest or wealthy man thinks that they already have their lives together and don't need Jesus in order to get to Heaven, but the will not get in based on their own deeds.

Jesus traveled throughout Galilee and taught the Good News in the synagogues about what God was doing. He cured all those who had diseases and were demon possessed. The news about Jesus spread throughout the region, and people brought sick and demon possessed people from all over, and Jesus cured them all.