Esau's appetite is a case study in the power of lust—and of how God uses sin to accomplish His plan..
Jesus expects His disciples to be content and patient and self-controlled. But Jesus enables His disciples to be these things as He fills them with His Spirit.
When Satan slithers his way into your ear to feed you his lies and tempt you to fall into sin, counter him with the truth of God’s Word, like Adam and Eve failed to do, but just like Jesus did.
We must pay very careful attention to what Jesus is saying in this passage. He is not simply saying that lust is as bad as adultery. What he says is more subtle, and more devastating, than that.
What is temptation? And why was it so necessary for Jesus to endure it?