The Temptation of Christ (Part 2) -- Lusts of the Flesh

By Ben Light in Salem, OR - October 16, 2021 - When Satan began his temptation of Christ, he started with Christ's most pressing desire and need in that moment... His physical hunger as a result of His fasting. With a word, Christ could have made the stones of the Judean desert become bread. He didn't - instead, he referred the adversary back to the events of the Israelites time in the wilderness. To those listening at that time, they would have understood that reference, and the passages that came before it and after it, as well as the events that went with it. What are the lessons we can learn from the first temptation of Christ in our own lives, and how can we consider these things in the examination of our own lives?