The Chibi News Daily Reflection
My name is Marcus Mack. I'm a vicar in the Church of England
Before his public ministry, Jesus went into combat with the devil. After fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus was tempted with three temptations common to us all
In the second temptation, the devil took Jesus onto the highest point of the temple
If you are the Son of God, he said, throw yourself down
For God said to those who trust him that he will command his angels
and they will lift you up so that you will not strike your foot against a stone
The tempter misapplied God's word and attempted to tempt Jesus on presuming divine intervention
by using God as some kind of genie in the bottle. God's children cannot attempt to manipulate God to do their bidding
and intervene to avert the natural consequences of choosing to do something he did not command
like jumping off a height they are to do the will of God
trusting and accepting that whatever comes their way without presuming divine protection from suffering
Jesus defeated the temptation with God's word saying it is also written
do not put a Lord your God to the test