Marsha's Musings: Jesus' Temptation

In my Bible reading, I read something from the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs and from the New Testament. Recently I read the account of the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4-1-25. I discovered three things here that are comforting to me. In 1 John 2:16, it says, "For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."(KJV) It also says in Hebrews 4:15, "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." I will put some notes within the scripture quoted below that shows what God taught me from this.

Matthew 4:1 ¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Jesus was tempted in the area of the lust of the flesh. His flesh desired food.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus was tempted in the area of the pride of life. A proud person would take a dare.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.Jesus was tempted in the area of the lust of the eyes. He was offered something desirable but resisted it.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him,and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

So we see here that Jesus was tempted in all points such as we are and He is qualified to be a sympathetic high priest before the Father on our behalf. We need no other go-between or mediator between us and Father-God.

1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;