“Temptations of Christ”

First Sunday of Lent

(Luke 4: 1-13)

We are now on the first Sunday of Lent.  Every year our gospel is all about the temptation of Jesus.  Jesus is being tempted by Satan.  And the purpose of which is to teach us:

·        Not to be surprised, if satan will tempted us also. Even the Son of God, and God himself, who is all Holy was tempted, so how about us, who are mere creatures.

·        To teach us how to say “No” to satan.  You know, the only people Satan does not tempt are the ones who are already on his side. 

    And for these people, as they are always, giving into temptation, temptations Stops to be one ", because it just becomes normal and ordinary instance for them. They could only see the wrong or evil deeds in their life as it is, for instance, pre-marital sex, graft and corruption. Not because everybody does it, it becomes normal – there’s nothing wrong about it.

         Sometimes we have to learn how to say “No”   to certain things to better ourselves, to make ourselves better persons.  Including temptation, we have to learn how to say no, to better ourselves, to make ourselves better persons.

Temptations are always a Test, a Challenge to prove whether we are on Satan’s side or God’s. Whether we belong to God or we belong to Satan.

            They are not meant to make us sin. They are not meant to make us bad or evil, but to make us good or better. They are not meant to weaken us, to make us weak but to make us emerge stronger