From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

Those who excel in gifts, who are in eminent positions and have gained a great reputation, need to remain humble, for Satan will be sure to aim at them, to puff them up with pride, so that they may fall into the condemnation of the Devil.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“It is a great encouragement that Christ, who let loose this power of Satan against himself, does not also let it loose against us, but restrains it, for he knows our frame.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“It is better to live poorly on the fruits of God’s goodness than to live plentifully on the products of our own sin.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“God wants his children, when they are in need, not only to wait on him but also to wait for him.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“He himself is the eternal Word, and he could have produced the mind of God without turning to the writings of Moses, but to set us an example, he honoured the Scriptures by appealing to what was written in the Law.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“the truth is that the more plausible a temptation is, and the more good it appears to contain, the more dangerous it is.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“Outward afflictions, needs, and burdens are the great arguments Satan uses to make the people of God question their adoption, as if suffering could not coexist with—when really it proceeds from—God’s fatherly love.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“Satan’s great aim in tempting good people is to put an end to their relationship with God as a Father and so destroy their dependence on him, their duty toward him, and their fellowship with him.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“It is better to starve to death than live and prosper in sin.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“What Satan aimed at was to bring Christ to despair of his Father’s goodness, to presume on his Father’s power, and to seize his Father’s honour and give it to Satan.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“Satan’s aim in all his temptations was to bring Christ to sin against God and so make him forever incapable of being a Sacrifice for the sins of others.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 4:1-11:

“Adam fell by eating, and we often sin that way, so Christ became hungry.”