Brothers and Sisters, Fight for Holiness!
The Christian life is not a stroll but a methodical walking in line with the Holy Spirit.
The Christian life is not a stroll but a methodical walking in line with the Holy Spirit.
The question of Jesus temptations has been raised again. It is a complex, but very important area of theology. Here are twelve points to keep in mind about Jesus’ temptations. Thinking about Jesus’ experience of temptation highlights the mystery of his person. Since Jesus is fully God and fully human—and Creator and creature are infinitely different—then there must be mysteries, and even paradoxes in what we affirm about Jesus. We can affirm certain things, as I will here, but we cannot hope to describe Jesus’ inner experience of temptation. The New Testament words translated “tempt” and “temptation” (peirazo/peirasmo) mean test...