Temptation

1. Temptations -- Jesus' And Ours

Contributed on Jan 1, 2025

Temptation is our awful struggle not to lose ourselves and our potential to lose ourselves. Temptation also highlights God’s mercy and grace in our lives in the wilderness for forty minutes, hours, days or years.

In today’s Gospel reading, we encounter the most human and common experience: temptation, which Jesus also experienced in a very profound way. The temptations of Jesus are found in all four Gospels. But we are accustomed to thinking that Jesus was tempted three times before his public ministry ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-2, Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:12-13, Psalms 51, Psalms 6  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Jesus, Sin, Temptation, Tempted, Wilderness Of Life  (view more)  (view less)