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Mark simply mentions Jesus' successful response, while Matthew narrates the same three temptations as Luke but in a different order. Matthew's second temptation is Luke's third (at the temple in Jerusalem), while Luke's second temptation is Matthew's third (the offering of all the kingdoms ...
Thus, those who climb, are beset (困扰) on all sides by temptations of a very subtle kind, which, if yielded to, will ruin the life and do grave injury to the soul. 因此,那些攀登的人,四面都被非常微妙的诱惑所困扰,如果屈服于这些诱惑,将会毁掉生活并对灵魂造成严重伤害。 Life is a contin...
“fear not” brings to mind Jesus’s assurance: “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s pleasure to give you the kingdom.” It also reminds us of the angels’ message to shepherds, abiding in their fields by night”
The message today is that we must stand fast in the liberty that our personal relationship with Jesus Christ has given to us! *Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. ...
4. There shall be showers of blessing – O that today they might fall, Now as to God we’re confessing, Now as on Jesus we call. 恩雨大降 1. 主必赐福如降大雨,这是神慈爱应许; 奋兴时刻必要来到,救主由天上赐予。 副歌: 恩雨,大恩雨,求主降下大恩雨; ...
This is the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount: "Resist not evil" (Matthew 5:39). Just because we "turn the other cheek" does not mean that cheek-slappers are a "divine institution." Cheek-slappers will be judged. We leave such vengeance to God. The same Greek word ...
At some point, Mary, Joseph, Jesus arrived at the Temple. The boys would have been allowed into the inner court, but Mary would have had to stay outside in the Woman’s Court. Luke tells the story so that all the action takes place with them as a family of three in the outer ...
The number one way to defeat sin and temptation is with the Word of God. It's how Jesus overcame Satan's temptations in the desert. Find verses that strengthen you in this area, memorize them, and when you are tempted, speak them over the moment. ...
is tossed back and forwards between the two according to whether it resists or gives way to the temptations of the flesh. The spirit makes us gods; the body makes us beasts; the soul makes us men. — Erasmus[246] According to theologian George van Kooten, Erasmus was the first ...