Temptation
and Adversity
 


Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’”

Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered him, “It is written,
     ‘Worship the Lord your God,
         and serve only him.’”
Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written,
    ‘He will command his angels concerning you,
       to protect you,’
    and
    ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
       so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Luke 4:1-13

Landscape with the Temptation of Christ
MOMPER, Joos de II
around 1600
National Gallery, Prague
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/m/momper/temptati.html
 
 
 
 
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking,
only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. 
                                                        ~ Charles C. West

 
 
 
Do not condemn the judgment of another
because it differs from your own.
You may both be wrong.
                                                        ~ Dandamis
 
 
 
 
Dottie and Jack came to Colorado to visit our brother, Keith (and me)!
Keith and Lotus
 
Dottie (newly retired!) and Jack
 
Carolyn and Jack (Baby Brother)
 
Dottie and Vicki
 
Jack, Carolyn, Dottie, and Vicki at Beau Jo's in Evergreen.
As you can see, we did a LOT of eating!!!
 
 
While Dottie and Jack were flying back home on Thursday,
our afternoon book club had a gorgeous snowy day to meet.
Linda, Mary Ann, Nancy
We discussed Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas and
Linda shared some of her amazing quilts!!!
 
Thank you, Linda!!!
 
Roseann, Dean, and Nancy at the Mt. Evans Hospice and Home Health Care
benefit Saturday night at Mt. Vernon Country Club.
 
 
 
 
 
 
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble,
I would not pass it round. 
Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. 
I don't embrace trouble;
that's as bad as treating it as an enemy. 
But I do say meet it as a friend,
for you'll see a lot of it and
had better be on speaking terms with it. 
                                                        ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
 
 
 
 
 
 
February 21, 2010    First Sunday of Lent
 
Previous OPQs may be found at:      
                http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
 
 
 

There were three tests or temptations in the accounts by Matthew and Luke:

  • stone into bread;
  • a miraculous rescue if Jesus would throw himself from the pinnacle of the temple;
  • Jesus enticed to pursue glory and authority through political power.
 
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 
 
 

Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16
Romans 10:8b-13
Luke 4:1-13