Stope
Puritan Board Sophomore
I'm leading a Bible Study, we are in Luke 4 and we are in line to cover the temptations of Christ.
My question is simple: was it actual APPEALING to Jesus when Saran tempted him to bow down and worship?
I'm a wretched man on the path of sanctification, but even if I were to be tempted by Satan to worship him there is 0% part of me that would in the slightest be appealing to me. How much more our sinless Christ who grew in favor and stature with God and men and who came to do the Father's will and was a servant and came not to be served but to serve...?
(Again, the question is NOT what the implications would be if he succumbed to them. It is NOT about the parallels between Jesus "son" of God and Adam "son" of God and Jesus in the wilderness and Israel in the wilderness...)
Thoughts?
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My question is simple: was it actual APPEALING to Jesus when Saran tempted him to bow down and worship?
I'm a wretched man on the path of sanctification, but even if I were to be tempted by Satan to worship him there is 0% part of me that would in the slightest be appealing to me. How much more our sinless Christ who grew in favor and stature with God and men and who came to do the Father's will and was a servant and came not to be served but to serve...?
(Again, the question is NOT what the implications would be if he succumbed to them. It is NOT about the parallels between Jesus "son" of God and Adam "son" of God and Jesus in the wilderness and Israel in the wilderness...)
Thoughts?
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