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THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIAL 109But Satan does not give up easily! How well I know that, by experience!He struck again."/fthou be the Son ofGod,"- Satan repeated his stab at humanity'sweakest point - vanity - but now under dilferent circumstances.He had taken Jesus up to a pinnacle of the temple."Cast thy self down: for it is written" - now Satan could quoteScripture, too, only He misapplied its intended meaning - "It iswritten, He shall give his angels charge conceming thee, and intheir hands they shall bear thee up, lest thou dash thy foot againsta stone," - or lest inertia wallop you as gravity pulls you speedilyto earth. He was testing Jesus' FAITH in God, as well as a repeatedchallenge against human vanity. Satan's ministers can quoteScripture - but they twist and distort it out of its in tended contextualmeaning.Jesus carne right back at Satan."lt is written again," He saith, "Thou shalt not tempt the[Eterna!) thy God."The scripture about angels bearing one up IF he falls appliesonly to an accidental fall. To jump off deliberately would be"tempting God." In other words, doubting the Word of God in itsintended meaning, and TESTING God - putting God to the test,implying doubt that He would do it!Satan had one more "ace-in-the-hole." He now temptedJesus on lust and greed- on GETTING- on seizure of POWER!Satan now took Jesus to the top of a high mountain, andshowed Jesus all the kingdoms of this world. Then he said, "Allthese things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worshipme."In other words, both Satan and Jesus knew that if JesusQUALIFIED, He would be given RULE over the governments of allnations on earth. But they both knew of God's 6,000 year sentenceon humanity - and Jesus would have to wait almost 2,000 moreyears for the POWER and GLORY ofworld rule.Jesus did not deny this power of rule, by Satan's subtile DE­CEPTIONS, was in Satan's hands. But He also knew Satan was a liar- would not keep bis word - and if he did, Jesus still would ha veworld rule only UNDER SATAN. He knew it was Goo's to give, andHe was definitely prepared to wait until Goo's TIME - after the