a surrounding as has ever been found on the earth. Christ’s victory over temptation in the wilderness emphasizes the truth that man does not need a new berth so much as he needs a new birth. • The forty days in the temptation. “Being forty days tempted of the devil” (Luke 4:2). The temptation of Christ involved more than the three great climactic temptations recorded in Scripture. Those three great temptations were preceded by many days of attack by Satan. • The fasting in the temptation. “Forty