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1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
There always comes a fresh attack from the enemy right after the empowerment or experience with the Spirit of God. Jesus was led to face this alone and by going into the wilderness where nobody else was, He could go through this hidden from the public eye.

The same thing will happen to you when you go through this experience. You will need to face it all alone.

2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
This is the longest a person can fast. The hunger goes away early in the fast, but when it returns, then the body enters starvation. Jesus body was telling Him he must eat again.

3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
This was an attempt to get Jesus to use his anointing for Himself before others. Later He used it to provide for others and also for Himself at the same time. This is a key to flowing in an external mantle. You must first use it for others before you can tap into it for yourself.

4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Bread is often used as a symbol of the Word, but here Jesus compares it with another kind of word. He does not say we should live on the Bible, the Word of God, which is logos, but He says we should live on the active spoken word of God which is rhema.

This comes from inside us via our spirits, rather than by reading the Scriptures.
- RHEMA - WORD - SUCCESS

5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Here is a classic case where the written Word, the Logos is not enough for us to act on. Satan quoted the Logos, but there was more involved. Jesus heard first the rhema word spoken to Him directly from the Father. And this rhema word pointed out that this Scripture must be understood while keeping another Scripture in mind. So the rhema will sometimes override the logos.
- SUCCESS

7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Satan was given control of the world when Adam handed it over to him through sin. He has a legal right and is now the god of this world. Part of why Jesus came, was to buy this back for us. Here Satan offered him an easier way to do it without having to face the cross.
- SUCCESS

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
The angels could not help him overcome the temptation, but once He had overcome, they were there to give him strength and any help He needed. Since Calvary, this has changed and we can now mobilize the angels to do warfare on our behalf to overcome the attack of the enemy.
- ANGELS

12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Jesus was like a bright light shining in the darkness. Now as believers in Him, we are the same and we spread the light wherever we go.

17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
They were throwing nets, which is similar to the kind of ministry they had afterward - one of mostly evangelism or reaching the lost.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
They were repairing their nets, which can also be a picture of the kind of ministry they had afterward, which was more of a ministry to believers than unbelievers. John was a counselor and pastor more than an evangelist.

22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Jesus. carried out three activities - teaching, preaching, and healing. His healing embraced all kinds of sickness and disease. Jesus did not have just one mantle of healing or limited mantles for specific problems. He could handle all of them
- HEALING

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Once the people believed He could heal, they all came to Him for healing. This is an essential element to functioning powerfully in healing. Initially, Jesus did not have this fame, but He also did not have those who did not think He could do it. That problem only came later from His own friends and family.

25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.