Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Once Again. By The Numbers. For The Unimaginative. God's Son Deconstructed

The devil took him to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant.The devil said to him, "I will give you all the power and glory of these kingdoms. All of it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please. So if you will worship me, all this will be yours."
Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"Then the devil took him into Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest part of the temple. He said to Jesus, "If you are the Son of God, jump from here!


Scripture says, 'He will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully. They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock.'"

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'Never tempt the Lord your God.' "

After the devil had finished tempting Jesus in every possible way, the devil left him until another time.

Jesus returned to Galilee. The power of the Spirit was with him, and the news about him spread throughout the surrounding country.

He taught in the synagogues, and everyone praised him.

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.

As usual he went into the synagogue on the day of worship. He stood up to read the lesson.

The attendant gave him the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened it and found the place where it read:

"The Spirit of the Lord is with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin', to announce the year of the Lord's favor."
To Be Continued

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Word up. Is part of that from the Gospel of Thomas?

Anonymous said...

So, is Obama going to cave in to Zionist pressure to blow more of OUR funds (not theirs) and build missile bases in the EU to threaten Russia & Iran, safeguard the occupational Israel apartheid and march us further towards WWIII - or not?

Denmark Vesey said...

Politics Byrdeye. Mere politics.

This is a spiritual war.

Anonymous said...

this is sick, coming from a grown man

Anonymous said...

really? I think it is genius

Anonymous said...

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves... whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."