Matthew : Season 1 - Week 3
Immediately after Jesus is baptized, Matthew writes that He is led into the desert wilderness to be “tested” by God. But wait. Isn’t a test a bad thing? Is a “test” the same thing as “tempt” - which kind of means to trap or trick? And how can a test be a good thing? We’ll explore this intense episode where Jesus faces the same test that the people of Israel faced in the wilderness - and the same test we often face in our own wildernesses. We can either trust that God is there, that God sees us and that God will provide for us out of His love and care for us - or take matters into our own hands. And in this case, Jesus shows us how to pass this most difficult of tests.
