The Pattern of the Christ:

When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, each of the three exchanges recorded show Jesus quoting scripture to give Satan the truth.  When Satan deliberately misused scripture in an attempt to deceive Jesus into jumping from the pinnacle of the temple, Jesus did not pray to know whether Satan’s words were true.  Neither did Jesus pray to know whether he should jump.  Instead Jesus used his Father’s sacred scripture to reveal what was true.  Matthew 4:1-11.

When the Sadducees tried to trip up Jesus with a trick question, Jesus again turned to scripture to reveal the truth.  Jesus showed great wisdom in how he responded to the Sadducees.   Matthew 22:23-33.  Then he chastised the Sadducees saying their mistake was “not knowing the scriptures” (verse29).

When Jesus joined two disciples who were confused about the meaning of Jesus’ life and death, Jesus used the scriptures to explain everything to them.  Luke 24:13-35. The Holy Spirit tells us “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (verse 27).  He chastised them for being “slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken” {scripture} (verse 25).  They later said Jesus “opened to us the scriptures” (verse 32).