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Satan tempts men to indulgence, because this

weakens the body and beclouds the mind.

Then he knows that he can the more easily

deceive and destroy them.

But Christ's example teaches that every

wrong desire must be overcome. Our

appetites are not to rule us; we must rule

them.

When Satan first appeared to Christ, he

looked like an angel of light. He claimed to be

a messenger from Heaven.

He told Jesus that it was not the will of His

Father that He should endure this suffering;

He was to show only a willingness to suffer.

When Jesus was struggling against the

keenest pangs of hunger, Satan said to Him:

“If Thou be the Son of God, command that

these stones be made bread.”

But since the Saviour had come to live as our

example, He must endure suffering as we