Tag: Wilderness experience
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Jesus in the Wilderness
(Mark 1:12-13) After his baptism, Jesus was taken out into the wilderness for forty days where he fasted and was tempted by Satan. Mark’s account says very little about this event, but it is significant and one from which we can learn much. First we must understand that Jesus was tempted in the same ways…
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The Temptation of Christ
(Matthew Chapter 4) This chapter is interesting for we see in it the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and this is interesting because we also see that before he began he was attacked by Satan and tempted in the wilderness. Also note that the devil mocked Jesus for he began his first two temptations with the…