Longing – overcoming inequality
Jesus deals with the ‘lust of the flesh’
For thirty years Jesus has seen firsthand what He, His Father and the Holy Spirit have long observed from heaven. As He prepares to counter selfish longings at a personal level, Jesus cannot ignore the global inequalities such longings have caused. John the Baptist described Jesus as God’s sacrificial lamb that will take away the sins of the world. Jesus knows He’s not only come to provide a remedy for personal sin, He also has to deal with the effects of global sin.
In this study we look at the first wilderness temptation recorded by Matthew, Mark and Luke.