Evening: Psalm 37:19-42; Matthew 4:1-11
The story of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness is famous … probably because it echoes our own temptations and falls from grace. The temptation of Jesus also echoes the Biblical examples of those who are tempted and succumb, like Adam and Eve, or the people of Israel in their wilderness. But Jesus does not succumb. In Jesus, the essence of true humanity is shown. We think that it’s ‘just being human’ to give in to temptation; on the contrary, it is the truly human in us that resists the temptation to be someone we are not.
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