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Matthew 4:1-11

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In the game of boxing, players work to hit punches that score points and create ways for dealing subsequent effective blows to their opponents. The weaker opponents may seem to be showing signs of surrender, but it’s often not quite easy to assume that they are defeated, so the punches continue until defeat is vivid. It’s the same thing with wrestling. The winner keeps trying to hold the loser down until the referee slaps his hand three times on the floor, signifying game over. In both games, if the stronger party shows any sign of tiredness, they could end up losing the match, so they work till their opponents are defeated.

 

In Genesis chapter 3, the devil struck a conversation with Eve, as he observed that she was the weaker party because she was not there when God gave the instruction to not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. After dribbling her a bit, he succeeded in dealing a devastating blow to the authority that God gave to man.