4 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit [a]into the wilderness, 2 being [b]tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. 3 And the devil said...
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. –James 1:12-13 About the Wilderness Just where did Jesus go? The wilderness that he journeyed into during this time began outside of Jericho...
Perhaps because I’ve completed almost four weeks of my Lenten fast, today’s retelling of Jesus being tempted by the Evil One resonated deeply within me on multiple levels. I have observed over the years that people tend to think of “sin” in terms of gross immorality, obvious deviance ...
“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”— Luke 4:21 Notice what He didn’t say. He didn’t say, “Someday this Scripture will be fulfilled” nor “This Scripture has already be fulfilled.” No, he said, “Today, renight here, it is being fulfilled.” In so many word...
First, to prove that Satan must be something more than a mere “favored” angel, some kind of divine being, let us consider Adam’s longing for a companion (as I think the concept here holds basis): he reasons with God as to why it is appropriate for him to have an equality alongsid...
who was not blind to the atrocities committed in his own time, could still say that we “exist solely for this, to be the place God has chosen for the divine Presence. The real value of our own self is the sign of God in our being, the signature of God upon our being.”[i]The...
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Introduction After Jesus sets the example for all Christians by being baptized by John the Baptist, he is led by the Holy Spirit to the wilderness to have his faith tested. Jesus is tempted three times by Satan. Temptation is defined as the desire to do something. However in most cases, ...
You could have heard some people say that, but it contradicts a great many of the Christian New Testament Scripture verses and completely denies the simple and obvious meaning in the plain language that Jesus used to describe Himself as being both the Son of God and God. Those people are en...
You could have heard some people say that, but it contradicts a great many of the Christian New Testament Scripture verses and completely denies the simple and obvious meaning in the plain language that Jesus used to describe Himself as being both the Son of God and God. Those people are en...