In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast.
My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey.
I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances.
This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text.
So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning with the writings of Luke.
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In Context is a weekly radio show broadcast each Monday evening and now brought to you as a podcast.
My name is Patrick, I’m one of life’s strugglers but I’ve come to find strength and hope in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. He’s my teacher, and I’m learning to follow him throughout life’s journey.
I’ve been reading and Learning and studying and thinking about the Scriptures for more years than I can remember. And I've been greatly blessed with opportunities to teach others over the years, in all sorts of places and in all different kinds of circumstances.
This show has evolved over the months, and will likely continue to do so as I try to work out what works best – so I welcome all feedback from my listener! I've tried to see things in their historical and literary contexts, along with considering something of the missional matters to be drawn out of the text.
So come with me on a journey through the Scriptures, beginning with the writings of Luke.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Luke 4:1–13. This episode is generally referred to as “The Temptation of Jesus” … but we shouldn’t think that this was the only occasion on which he was tempted. It is a notable event in the life of Jesus as he begins his public life, and one in which he is to be clearly identified with the nation of Israel, among whom he is being revealed.
Whenever we are tempted to do something we ought not to do, our faith is being tested. We know that God will never tempt us to do anything contrary to his ways, but he will allow us to be tested. The devil only tempts us to try to bring us down, but God might test us to prove our faith.
So Jesus was being tempted by the devil. His purpose was to bring Jesus down, destroy him, and deter him from his mission. But the true purpose of this episode was for the Spirit of God to prove his identity as the Son of God and to prepare him for the mission of God.
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