‘Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.” '

But Jesus again drew on the reserves of Scripture, this time found in Deuteronomy 6:16. His years of careful study of the Scriptures was standing Him in good stead. And He declared, “Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God.” It was true that He had powers to use in God's purposes and in God's way, but not in order to make a trial of God. That could never be right. That would again be to misuse what God had given Him.

The passage has in mind the testing of Israel at Massah when Israel, desperately short of water, had said, ‘Is the Lord with us or not?' It gives Jesus' reply to the Devil's similar attempt to throw doubt in His mind. He did not need to test God. He knew that the Lord was with Him and would accomplish His will.

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