"Then the devil took Him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scripture say, 'He will order His angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone." 'Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, 'You must not test the Lord your God."
With this temptation the devil used scripture to try and get Jesus to do something that was wrong. It wasn't the scripture that was wrong but the way the devil was trying to use it. 2 Timothy 3:16 says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives." All scripture is good and if the devil used Psalm 91:11-12 correctly it would have been good but he twisted it to try and fit it to say what he wanted it to say. We as believers have the Holy Spirit in us, when we go to the word it is not enough to know it and for us to try and put it in our lives, we must seek wisdom and knowledge letting it transform us to be like Christ. The verses in Psalm 91 was written to show us what will happen if we make the Lord our refuge and our shelter. It wasn't to temp us to try something crazy and see if the Lord protects us. We can so easily make what the Lord says fit into our mind, but we are supposed to let God change us to fit into the word. Then we will start to shine and be living like Jesus, who is the word. Jesus comes back with, "The scriptures also say, 'you must not test the Lord your God." We are not loving God because He is our (get out of jail free card.) We love Him because He loved us first and sent His Son for us while we were still sinners.
God's word is not for us to just gain things for ourselves, it's for us to grow so we can shine for others. As we get stronger with His power we fulfill the commission He gave us in Matthew chapter 28 verse 19-20 which says, "Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the ends of the age." As we go He says, "...and be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
When we see the last temptation by the devil he is offering Jesus the world because it is his to give. We can't be confused about this point, this world is not our home and we live here being a light in a dark place so that people see light. It is not for us to gain the world and the riches it offers (and I don't just mean money). We are to understand that everything we do should be done to "worship the Lord your God and serve only Him." Read 2 Kings 17:35-36 which says, "For the Lord had made a covenant with the descendants of Jacob and commanded them: "Do not worship any other gods or bow before them or serve them or offer sacrifices to them. But worship only the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt with great strength and a powerful arm. Bow down to Him alone, and offer sacrifices only to Him." Our temptations don't always come from the devil, but they come from our own fleshly desires that come from our sinful nature that makes us think the world is right and what will help us be happy. We saw that Jesus said He will be with us always and we know that the Holy Spirit lives in us so as we surrender our lives and say, you lead me, He will and we have been given all we need to say as Jesus did "get out of here Satan," and live our lives with confident hope in the Lord. Amen