THE AFTERWORD | Matthew : Season 1 - Week 4
Jay and Dave talk through the second temptation of Jesus, where Jesus says that it’s wrong to “put God to the test.” We get it: don’t climb out on a tree branch and saw off the limb you’re sitting on, assuming God will turn you into Superman. But wait. Why is it wrong to test God? What about the story of Gideon, when he puts out two fleeces? Isn’t that testing God? What about Malachi 3, when God actually invites people to test Him to see if He’s good or not? How is this different than the Hebrew people needing water in the wilderness? Dave and Jay explore this, as well as answer pressing questions about the origin of Jay’s children’s names, the price of gas and whether or not Satan sang, “I Believe I Can Fly” to get Jesus to jump off the top of the temple (Jay says “no”).