Jesus says that when the devil speaks, he's lying, because lying is his native tongue, some of you know how to speak Norwegian, others of you English, some of you might know some other languages, the devil, he speaks Laz, that's his native language, so he's coming after Jesus in the wilderness, tempting him in the exact same way that Adam and Eve were tempted, and that didn't go so well for Adam and Eve, but also we see that Jesus is in the wilderness, 40 days, there was another time in which Israel was in the wilderness, being tempted to doubt God's Word, and they did not pass the temptation, I think it's important for us to take a look back, now we're in Numbers chapter 13, Numbers chapter 13 verse 1, I want you to see the connection here, here Jesus is Israel squished down into one person, being tempted in the same way that Israel was tempted in the wilderness, here's what it says in Numbers 13 verse 1, the Lord, Yahweh, spoke to Moses saying, send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel, from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, everyone a chief among them, so Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the command of the Lord, now I want you to look back at verse 1, spy out the land of Canaan here are the important words, which I am giving to the people of Israel, giving, it's a gift, God's intention for Israel is good, His love for them and His promises are irrevocable, He has promised them to give the land of Israel, this is the word of God, so now the question is, will Israel believe that God is going to give them the promised land or are they not, yes or no, it's really that simple, so we got the story of the 12 spies, and you all know how the song goes right, 12 men went to spy on Canaan, 10 were bad and 2 were good, what did they see when they spied on Canaan, 10 were bad and 2 were good, some saw giants big and tall, some saw grapes in clusters, some saw God rule over all, 10 were bad and 2 were good, you know that song, they teach that here in Sunday school, alright, we have to fix that, have you all singing that before you know it, okay, but it's an important thing, the 10 of these spies, they did not believe God when God said I'm going to give, and watch what happens, so they're in the wilderness, this is a temptation, we'll start now at verse 17, I won't read the roll call of the elders who go on the spy mission, but note that Joshua and Caleb are on the mission as well, Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, go up into the Negev, go up into the hill country and see what the land is, whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, whether the land they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not, be of good courage, bring some of the fruit of the land, now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes, so they went out and they spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob near Lebo Hamath, they went up into the Negev and came to Hebron, Ahimon, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were there, Hebron was built 7 years before Zohan in Egypt, and they came to the valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes and they carried it on a pole between two of them, they also brought some pomegranates and figs that place was called the valley of Eshcol because of the cluster the people of Israel cut down from there, at the end of the 40 days they returned from spying out the land and they came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Peron at Kadesh they brought back word to them and all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land and they told him we came to the land to which you sent us, it flows with milk and honey and this is its fruit, however the people who dwell in the land are strong and the cities are fortified and very large and besides we saw the descendants of Anak there and the Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negev, the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country and the Canaanites dwell in the sea and along the Jordan, this is kind of like the Wizard of Oz, lions and tigers and bears, oh my Amalekites and Canaanites and Hittites, oh my right, but here's the problem they have their eye on those people and their deduction is God is lying to us, he has no intention of giving us this land, do you see who's in there?