Matthew 4:10

Get thee hence, Satan.

Since the tempter was revealed Jesus rebukes him severely. The word, "Get thee hence," "Begone," expresses abhorrence of the proposal. The adversary is called by name and bidden to depart. Then his reason is added, in the words of Scripture, found in Deuteronomy 6:13.

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

This passage forbids every kind of religious adoration to any other object than Jehovah, whether it be idols, false gods, popes, Virgin Mary, saints or angels. When Jesus permitted worship of himself it was. virtual assertion that he was "God with us."

The three temptations had been met, three times the tempter had been baffled, three times the victory had been won. The first assault had been made through the door of appetite, "the lust of flesh;" the second through vain glory, "the lust of the eyes;" the third through ambition, "the pride of life." All had been met by this shield of faith and the tempter beaten back by the sword of the Spirit.