Did Christ Claim To Be A God in Matt 4:10?

Question: Did Christ claim to be God in Matthew 4:10?

There are Bible reader who think that in Matthew 4:10, Christ claimed that He is God. Let us quote the verse:

MT 4:10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

Anwer: Christ did not claim to be a God, rather He is quoting a verse in the Old Testament of the Bible.

 Those who are making their minds narrow would think that Christ quoted the verse in the Old Testament in order to tell Satan that He is God. But this is actually a wrong interpretation.

If you will look closely to the Matthew 4:10, you will learn that Satan is tempting Christ to do a thing that is in contrary to God's will.

MT 4:9 And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

In Matthew 4:9, you will notice that Satan is trying to temp Christ to kneel down and worship him (Satan). Satan promised Christ that if the latter will worship Satan, everything that he saw will be given by Satan to Him.

But, Christ knew the words of God very much. So, to counter the temptation of Satan, Christ quoted the verse Deuteronomy 6:13 which says:

DEUT 6:13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.

In that verse, God told the Israelites to serve God alone. It's like Christ was saying to Satan, "I will never worship you because God told us to serve and worship Him alone."

Reflection

The fact that Satan tempted Christ is the proof that Christ is not God. You see, Satan the devil knew who God is and he tremble before God.

JAS 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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