Satan tempted Jesus with hunger. (Matthew 4:3) Satan tempted Jesus with suicide. (Matthew 4:6). Satan tempted Jesus with power. (Matthew 4:9). Satan tempted Jesus with life, to avoid the cross. (Matthew 16:23). Jesus resisted it all, answered with the word of God. He remained sinless, never falling into any of satan's wiles. He went to …
Tag: righteousness
Justified and made righteous
Here, in 90 seconds Pastor Gabe explains what justification is. When he explained that it is the legal declaration of God as to the pardon of all our sins AND the credit to our account the righteousness of Christ, it made me think of the verse from Luke regarding the return of an unclean spirit. …
Righteousness v. Wealth
I was saying last night at Bible Study that I live paycheck to paycheck. The relentlessness of always minding the budget and working assiduously to stretch it to the end of the month gets tiring and frustrating at times. The discussion was about contentment v. discontentment. I said I work hard to avoid being discontent …
