Every Jedi is Tested

Every Jedi, and every disciple of Christ, is tested. Another word for that is tempted. James 1:3 says that the testing of your faith produces perseverance, or endurance.

We must prove ourselves worthy of the honor and responsibility given to us.

Our Master, Jesus, did not avoid the test just because He is God. He was tested, and He was tempted. Before beginning His ministry Jesus was baptised by John to fulfill prophecy. Then He went out into the wilderness as the Holy Spirit led him. He fasted 40 days (a very good way to discipline the flesh). Then the devil came and tempted Him. He used Scripture and appealed to Jesus in ways that would tempt Him.

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Each time Jesus answered back with Scripture and stood His ground against the temptation. He proved to be faithful against some very tempting offers. (Who wouldn't rather take the glory, rule the world and AVOID the pain of the cross--that's what the devil offered Jesus, and he could've made it happen).

Giving in to temptation is easy, you don't have to fight. But it is always a battle when you stand for righteousness, justice or holiness.

"Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful."
~1 Corinthians 4:2 NIV

"But he knows the way that I take:
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold."
~Job 23:10 NIV

"for you, God, tested us;
you refined us like silver."
~Psalm 66:10 NIV

"The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart."
Proverbs 17:3 NIV

"See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction."
Isaiah 48:10 NIV

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of  your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may result in praise, glory and honor 
when Jesus Christ is revealed." 1 Peter 1:3-7 NIV

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