When Satan came to Adam and Eve, he came with a question.

What was the question?

Half God said.

The circumstances for Adam and Eve's temptation when the serpent came into Eden was that

they were in the midst of a lush garden where they had every imaginable food at their disposal,

their bellies were filled, they were enjoying intimate companionship, a woman and a man together without sin in any

way, marring or disfiguring their interpersonal relationship, the fellowship that they had.

And it was into that context that Satan came and put the temptation to the first Adam and Eve.

Now the second Adam comes, and his test takes place not in a paradise garden, but in this

desolate wilderness. And he's solitary.

He is absolutely alone with no human companionship or fellowship.

And not only that, his test takes place in the middle of a fast.

He has a human nature, remember, and that human nature now is ravaged by hunger. And

it's only after he's in this supremely weakened, lonely condition that the prince of hell comes to him.

And here's where the dissimilarity ends between Jesus and Adam, and the similarity begins.

Because, beloved, the point of the test was exactly the same.

When Satan came to Adam and Eve, he came with a question. You

remember? What was the question? Half God said. Did God say that if you eat of this tree, you will surely die?

Well, I'm telling you, you won't die.

But your eyes will be open, and you'll be like God, knowing good and evil.

That was the temptation.

And Eve went for it, and Adam with her.

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