TEMPTATIONS

  A CROWN BUT NOT A CROSS (Matthew 4)

SATAN TEMPTED JESUS TOWARD THE GOOD PARTS OF BEING HUMAN WITHOUT THE BAD:

- TO SAVOR THE TASTE OF BREAD WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO THE FIXED RULES OF HUNGER AND OF AGRICULTURE;

- TO CONFRONT RISK WITH NO REAL DANGER;

- TO ENJOY FAME AND POWER WITHOUT THE PROSPECT OF PAINFUL REJECTION - IN SHORT, TO WEAR A CROWN BUT NOT A CROSS. (THE TEMPTATION THAT JESUS RESISTED, MANY OF US, HIS FOLLOWERS, STILL LONG FOR).

THE ROMAN AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTED FREE BREAD TO PROMOTE CAESAR'S KINGDOM, AND JESUS COULD DO THE SAME TO PROMOTE HIS...(Philip Yancey)

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