Hebrews 4: 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize without weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Two ideas strike me about this verse: Jesus’ compassion and his sinlessness. The two work together for our good. Jesus was in all manner […]
Matthew 9: 13 KJV And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. This is part of the Lord’s prayer; you probably recognize it. Many people can quote this passage and many of us learned it in the poetic King James Version. For myself, learning […]
John 14: 30 I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do. Who killed Jesus? Some people say the Jews, […]
Luke 4: 1 – 2 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days; and when they had ended, He became hungry. I want you to notice a […]
Luke 4: 1 – 13 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days; and when they had ended, He became hungry. And the devil said to Him, […]
James 1: 13 Let no on say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. God gets a lot of bad press these days. We all know that, but what is disturbing is how much of it comes from […]