The Wilderness Temptation (Part 2 of 2)

The Wilderness Temptation (Part 2 of 2)

by | Oct 18, 2022 | hardship not because of s., Identity, Immediate gratification, Legitimate and non-legitimate, Matthew 4:1-11, meeting temptation, Now, Patience test, Personal need test, Scriptural response to temptation, Sin, Temptation, the believer’s i. in Christ, Wanting i.g., Wilderness Temptation of Christ

 We are looking at Matthew 4:1-11 which informs us of Satan’s effort to tempt the Lord Jesus Christ.   Mark 1:13 tells us that wild animals were present, likely adding to the danger and tension of the situation.  In part 1, we considered The Personal...
The Wilderness Temptation

The Wilderness Temptation

by | Oct 13, 2022 | Immediate gratification, Legitimate and non-legitimate, Matthew 4:1-11, Patience test, Personal need test, Presumptuous, Scriptural response to temptation, Temptation, Wanting i.g., Wilderness Temptation of Christ

Our Lord opens His diary to inform us in Matthew 4:1-11 of being tempted by Satan.  We have this passage because He wanted us to have it.  “Then (vs. 1).” When? Apparently right after the baptism of chapter 3.  One translation of Mark 1:12 says Jesus was “driven...

Out With The Old and In With The New (Fasting, Patches and Wineskins)


by | Sep 15, 2021 | Asceticism, Fasting, Feasting, Levi (Matthew) former tax collector, Luke 5:33-39, Mark 2:18-22, Matthew 9:14-17, Old/New Covenant, Wineskins

A passage was explained in church this morning (May 30, 2021) that I have never understood. So I will try to be a good errand boy and hand on what I’ve learned.   John’s disciples were questioning why they and the Pharisees fasted, but Jesus and His disciples did...