Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-11
Matthew 4:1-11 I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Perhaps the most clever of all Satanic schemes is that in which he persuades men that he does not exist. What would suit a general better than to persuade the troops he is seeking to destroy that he is a mere creature of the imagination, that all the stories told about his being seen are mere... read more
Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 4:1-4
Matthew 4:1-4 The record of our Lord's temptation, which is specially commended to our consideration in Lent, must needs be momentous, first, in its import for the comprehension of the spirit of His ministry, and secondly in its example to ourselves. I. Consider especially the first temptation, to turn the stones into loaves of bread. This, as we are expressly told, was addressed to our Lord's sense of physical necessity and suffering, combined with His consciousness of the possession of... read more