temptation | About God and gods

The Temptation of the Perfect (2)

On 12 July 2016 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Biblestudy

Satan will not try to tempt Christians with quotes from the holy books of Muslims, Hindus or Buddhists. He knows he has little chance. But he does come up with quotes from the Bible, God's Word. Clever, isn't it? It is one of his most common ways of fooling Christians into thinking they are 'going in the Lord's ways'. But he has a few more arrows on his bow and it is good to know them.

The Temptation of the Perfect (1)

On 11 July 2016 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy

After the Lord Jesus was baptized came a direct confrontation with God's adversary, the devil. A chilling and dark confrontation in which it became perfectly clear that the Lord Jesus was devoted only to God and His Word. He was the Son loved by the Father, who here showed that He was also perfectly human.