GET THEE HENCE, SATAN by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 8, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 49.

“GET THEE HENCE, SATAN.”

By T.

THE Lord Jesus met Satan in the wilderness of temptation. Every device by which the great deceiver has ever been able to lure men into sin was brought to bear upon the Master. He “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Heb. 4:15.

Jesus was “tempted.” But that is not all; He was tempted “in all points.” And still that is not all; He was tempted “like as we are.” Thus He comes right into sympathy with us, yes, closer still, He comes into very touch with us. He allowed Himself to be tempted just as we are. And the most blessed part of it all is that He did all this “yet without sin.”

He endured this temptation for us. None of it was for Himself. And after Satan had exhausted all his powers to drive the Saviour into sin, then it was that the Master said, “Get thee hence, Satan.” When the Lord spoke those words, Satan had to go. He had been met and conquered, and it was the voice of the Victor who was commanding him.

But the Saviour did not speak those words for Himself. When He commanded, “Get thee hence, Satan,” those words were spoken for us. The Master wishes us to know that Satan is a conquered foe. And these words of our Lord are for all His children to find shelter under. When we feel the powers of temptation breaking us down, then it is that the Redeemer wants us to trust in His imperishable Word. The Word of the Lord is a living Word, and when we with reverent faith meet the tempter with, “Get thee hence, Satan,” he must obey.

So many professors are nothing but weakness because they do not believe these all-powerful words of the Lord. It is one thing to merely give our assent to the truth of the Bible, but it is a different thing altogether to receive the Word into the mind, as the living, acting, powerful, and purifying agent of our Master.