Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ...Proverbs 19:3A man’s own ...
When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 4:13 Commentary on Luke 4:1-13 (Read Luke 4:1-13) Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter; for there he was alone, none were wi...
In 2025, Ash Wednesday will be on Wednesday, March 5th. What is Ash Wednesday? Lent is traditionally a 40-day fast — a reference to the time Jesus spent being tempted in the desert — that seeks to prepare the believer's heart for the solemn remembrance of Jesus’ death. It concludes...
Jesus had just entered the scene. He had been baptized by John the baptist, been tempted by the devil for 40 days in the wilderness, called his disciples, and now is the invited protagonist, along with his mother and disciples, at the Wedding of Cana. The first thing we notice is that...
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 ...
11 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed ...
No condemnation! What did Jesus say to the woman taken in adultery, “… neither do I condemn you” (Jn. 8.11). To those of us who have received Christ as our Savior, we have been released from both the guilt and the punishment due us because of our sin! And that is good news!
In Numbers 13, God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and was leading them through the wilderness to the land He promised them. God commanded Moses to call one leader from each of the twelve tribes of Israel to go spy out the land He was about to give the Israelites. The tw...
/ But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”Matthew 4:23-25Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and ...
Sometimes we mistake temptation for sin. But keep in mind that everyone is tempted. Even Jesus was tempted…but He didn’t give in to His temptations – He didn’t sin. If you are being tempted, don’t chastise yourself. You can choose not to dwell on tempting thoughts and you can as...