Now that it is Jesus and God together in the highest status and position holding us all together, we need to know that neither can be subjugated by evil force, that they are always sovereign and free of such subjugation to be able to keep on supporting us in the faith and righteousness they have given us. It is important that neither Jesus nor God, the Father, can be tempted. Yet for Jesus, temptation involves a different process than it does for God the Father, in that Jesus is human and 'temptable', but does not give in, while the Father is not human and is not subject to fleshly weaknesses and no evil can force Him to give in. Job suffered a lot because God could be influenced by Satan but God did not let Satan influence Him without limiting what He would let Satan do and would not agree to let Satan call the shots in regard to Job. Job suffered as a result of the fact that Satan had God's ear for a period of time but in the end God put it all back to how it was without Satan's involvement, and better than that. For eternal life's sake, we must be assured God and Jesus with Him are not going to be won over by any evil influence and turned against us. We cannot merely take it for granted. Balaam was able to make Israelites sin by sending foreign girls among them knowing they would take these girls and God would therefore turn against them. This almost destroyed the Israelites completely were it not for one who killed a couple in judgment and saved the day. It can be dire. We need both the Father AND Jesus to keep us from being destroyed in similar ways. We always need Jesus' mediation as our Great High Priest. He advises us how to keep at peace with God and helps us do it, helping us overcome temptation, and at the same time intercedes on our behalf with God.
