The Holy Spirit and the Temptation of Christ

The Holy Spirit and the Temptation of Christ - Pr. Marv Wiseman

All three synoptic gospels… Matthew, Mark, and Luke… record the temptation account of Jesus Christ. Why John does not, we are not told. Perhaps it was due to John’s emphasis upon the deity, the Godhood of Jesus, that John excludes it. We are told that “God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.” And while John certainly affirms the humanity of Jesus as well as His deity, the other three gospels make more of Christ’s humanity than does John. Continue reading “The Holy Spirit and the Temptation of Christ” →

God – His Holiness

God: His Holiness - Pr. Marv Wiseman

Of all the attributes of God enumerated in Scripture, and there are several, none so clearly reveals the vast difference between God and man as that which we now engage, the holiness of God. If ever there were an attribute of God that so soundly dooms the unrepentant sinner, it is this. Holiness, as applied to the Deity, speaks of His utter apartness, His separation from any and all defilement, because God is holiness absolute, holiness personified. Continue reading →