Jesus is driven into the wilderness - and so too are we! (Audio)

Para Vista Lutheran Church

An audio message from Pastor Wayne Kerber.

If the temptation of Jesus was not real — if the wilderness that Jesus entered was not dangerous — then this story in Mark's Gospel means absolutely nothing for you and me!

A problem for many Christians is that they don’t take the temptation of Jesus seriously — they don’t want to believe that it actually happened. However, if sin had not been a possibility then the temptation of Jesus would not mean anything to us — it may have just made for a good story.

The temptation of Jesus was Spirit-driven: it was real, it was difficult. Jesus identifies with us in the trials and tests that we face. It was by the power of God’s Spirit he was delivered from temptation. And the same is true for you as well! Our times of testing and temptation will continue, and it will be in those times that we discover that our help can only come from our gracious God.