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The Pinnacle of the Temple

Things Unseen with Sinclair B. Ferguson

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The Three Tentations of Jesus

Luke's climax is with the temptation to Jesus to throw himself down from the temple. Show your trust God's promise to send angels to save you, says Satan. That's what he promises, isn't it? He will command his angels to guard you, that's part of Scripture and they will bear you up lest you strike your foot against a stone. In this temptation the devil actually quotes from Scripture from Psalm 91 verses 11 and 12. Now it's as if the devil is trying to throw the Bible back in Jesus' face.

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