8Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. 9When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. ...
And yet both the opened heavens and the grim fight were needful parts of Christ’s preparation. As true man, He could be truly tempted; as perfect man, suggestions of evil could not arise within, but must be presented from without. He must know our temptations if He is to help us in ...
Peter saw this “strange act” of God and used the example of the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah to illustrate the destiny of those who“live ungodly.” “…turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah intoashes,condemned them to destruction, making them anexample to those who afterward would live ...