Temptations of Jesus in the Wilderness

C The Temptations of Jesus in the Wilderness

“ I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak to her heart ” (Hosea 2:14)

The 1 st Temptation

"If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread ." (Luke 4:3)

What’s the Temptation?

The Devil doesn’t appear like this

“ Man shalt not live by bread alone…”

The Temptation was to ‘live by bread alone’
An unfulfilled and imbalanced life of existentialism and pleasure A ‘quick-fix’ life which by passes serious trials A shallow life not lived on ‘every word that comes from the mouth of Go’

No ‘Cutting Short’ of a kingdom process!

The 2 nd Temptation

" If you are the Son of God… throw yourself down . For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands , so that you will not strike your foot against a stone ” (Luke 4:3)

What’s the Temptation?

'He will command his angels concerning you…”

The Temptation was to force God’s hand
To obtain the Divine presence ‘on demand’ To take meaningless risks to “get God’s attention” To be presumptuous about how God gives us His assurance

No ‘Circus Stunts’ to gain kingdom peace / protection!

Thou shalt not BLACK-MAIL the Lord your God!

Temptation is often a distortion of true vocation

The 3 rd Temptation

" All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me ." (Luke 4:9)

“ All this I will give you…”

The Temptation was to use idolatry to do God’s Work
To fight the enemy with the enemy’s weapons To win without suffering, without love, without sacrifice To realise another kingdom other than God’s

No Short Cuts towards a kingdom goal!

Idolatrous ‘victories’ are the worst defeats

Summary
No CUTTING SHORT a kingdom process
No CIRCUS STUNTS to obtain kingdom peace and protection
No SHORT CUTS to achieve kingdom ends

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Temptations of Jesus in the Wilderness

by Alwyn Lau on Feb 22, 2009

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