St. Paul Lutheran Church

When Jesus is tempted in the wilderness He is able to withstand the temptation by trusting in the promises and word of God the Father. We don't always realize what's at stake every time we are tempted but if we can pause and take a step back and know that we aren't facing it alone we can begin to face temptation in a better way. Even when we fail and give into temptation we are reminded that Jesus didn't just resist temptation to show us how to do it, but to do it in our place so that we might receive forgiveness for those times we do fail.