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Power. he offers him control over all the kingdoms of the world. worship the lord your god and serve only him. and the third temptation, he takes him to the pinnacle, the highest point, and he tells jesus to fling himself off so that he can be rescued by angels. it is said do not put the lord your god to the test. we know that jesus doesn t fold. if it had been me, you d have lost me at turning stones into bread. just imagine if you could get past this, the temptation of hunger when you haven t eaten for days. if he could make it through that trial, all the other ones were probably a piece of cake. ....
prepare the way of the lord. while herod seems reluctant to go further, herodias knows prison will never silence john s smears on her honor. according to the gospel of mark, herodias makes her move against john at a banquet for herod s birthday where her daughter salome is providing the entertainment. it may seem like a harmless dance, but its part of an elaborate plot by herodias to ....
That amazing humility of john to know that he is about jesus and not about himself to me is such a witness of humility and of discipleship. jesus will never meet john again, but following his baptism, he takes a page from john s book and heads into the wilderness on his own journey of self-discovery. in the book of the prophet isaiah, it says, in the wilderness, prepare the way of the lord. so they thought of that desert as wilderness and went out there to prepare for the coming of the lord. for 40 days and nights, he goes without food. he has been touched by god. now, he must face the devil. ....
while herod seems reluctant to go further, herodias knows prison will never silence john s smears on her honor. according to the gospel of mark, herodias makes her move against john at a banquet for herod s birthday where her daughter salome is providing the entertainment. it may seem like a harmless dance, but its part of an elaborate plot by herodias to force herod s hand. she has instructed salome to dazzle herod so that he will do ....