Matthew 4:1 says, Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.  After His baptism, the next we thing we hear about Jesus is His temptation in the wilderness.  We are told that Jesus was led by the Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that had just declared Himself well pleased with Jesus.  We can be sure that if we are followers of Christ that the Holy Spirit is always with us.  We have the Holy Spirit indwelling, or living within, us.  We simply must follow where He leads.  This does not say that the Holy Spirit tempted Jesus, but that Jesus was led to the wilderness where He would be tempted.  I believe that whenever we follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit that we can expect Satan to be there to tempt us to act in our own interest instead of following the will of God.  Verse two states, And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.  To prepare for following the will of the Father, Jesus fasted for forty days and nights.  Jesus was in the wilderness, so He was alone most likely, and now He was physically weak.  We can be certain that Satan will tempt us even more when we are at our weakest.  Verse three states, And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.  The first temptation was for Jesus to use His miraculous power to satisfy His physical hunger.  If we find ourselves in need physically or materially, we may be tempted to use the things of God to meet our own needs.  Turning stones to bread would have really hurt no one, except Jesus would not have been following the leadership of the Holy Spirit, but of Satan.  Even if no one else is harmed, if we attempt to use God for our own purposes, then we will be harmed, because we are not following God's will.  Verse four declares, But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.  Jesus was prepared for this temptation because He knew what God's word said.  We are to live, not just to satisfy our physical needs, but by the word of God.  We can never justify putting our physical or material needs first, even if no one else knows that we did so.  God's word applies wherever we are, and we must know what it says.  Verse five says, Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,  Jesus was led out of the wilderness, not by the Holy Spirit, but by Satan.  Verse six states, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.  I believe that this was Satan's way of saying show the people a miracle, and prove that you are the Son of God.  We cannot display miracles by presuming on the will of God.  God is not with us to show our power, but to show His glory.  Satan attempted to use God's word to get Jesus to fail in His purpose.  Verse seven declares, Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.  Jesus knew God's word better than Satan did, and so must we.  We cannot just pick out verses that justify our actions, but must make sure that our actions are consistent with the teachings of all of God's word.  When we rely on the Holy Spirit, we will always know God's truth.  Verse eight states,
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;  Once more, Jesus was being led by Satan, and not by the Holy Spirit.  Still, Satan could only lead Jesus so far.  Satan could tempt Jesus, but he could not force Him to sin.  The devil can never make anyone do anything.  Verse nine declares, And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  Satan promised Jesus the whole world if He would only worship Him.  We might say that the world was not Satan's to give, which is ultimately true, but God has allowed him certain power over the world.  Often, people do worship Satan, by actions if not by words, simply to gain the things of this world.  Verse ten declares, Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.  Jesus first ordered Satan to leave, and then once again referred to scripture.  Jesus told us how we should live today as followers of Christ, and that is that we should worship and serve only God.  I don't believe that this means that we are to worship God one or two days a week and then follow after our own desires the remainder of the time.  We are to continually worship and serve God, otherwise temptation can lead us to sin.  Verse eleven states, Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.  There was no great struggle.  As soon as Jesus, under the power of God, told Satan to leave, Satan had no choice but to go.  Then, the angels came and ministered to Jesus.  I believe that Jesus allowed Satan to lead Him as long as He did simply to show that there was nothing Satan had to offer that God hadn't already provided.  This remains true today, so we never have to allow Satan to have any control in our lives to prove anything.  Jesus has already defeated Satan, and all we have to do is live by faith in Christ under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.