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4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, âIf you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.â
4 Jesus answered, âIt is written: âMan shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. âIf you are the Son of God,â he said, âthrow yourself down. For it is written:"
ââHe will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone."
7 Jesus answered him, âIt is also written: âDo not put the Lord your God to the test."
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. âAll this I will give you,â he said, âif you will bow down and worship me.â
10 Jesus said to him, âAway from me, Satan! For it is written: âWorship the Lord your God, and serve him only."
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
Favourite scriptures.... How about the Poetic Edda?
1. Hearing I ask | from the holy races,
From Heimdallâs sons, | both high and low;
Thou wilt, Valfather, | that well I relate
Old tales I remember | of men long ago.
2. I remember yet | the giants of yore,
Who gave me bread | in the days gone by;
Nine worlds I knew, | the nine in the tree
With mighty roots | beneath the mold.
3. Of old was the age | when Ymir lived;
Sea nor cool waves | nor sand there were;
Earth had not been, | nor heaven above,
But a yawning gap, | and grass nowhere. .....!
It is incumbent upon man not to vainly attempt to live worth and meaning
into life, but to inhabit and care for the beauty that surrounds even the hatred and tragedy.
To express that form of LOVE in terms of meeting needs the best we can. That is where a Loving God is best expressed.
Who can save the world without saving their own ability to seek the beauty in it?
Nicely and correctly put...true humility abandons the ego.
And He said to them, âDo you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down.â
So those who can wrestle with it can help those who cant?
Is that the objective God or the subjective god?
It would seem that for many, one is unbelievable and one is unbelievably cruel.
The question is where exactly do the choices we make fit into the puzzle?
No wonder so many attempt to not consider it at all. But then, how can a person not? It is incumbent upon man not to vainly attempt to live worth and meaning
into life, but to inhabit and care for the beauty that surrounds even the hatred and tragedy.
To express that form of LOVE in terms of meeting needs the best we can. That is where a Loving God is best expressed.
Who can save the world without saving their own ability to seek the beauty in it?
And He said to them, âDo you see all these things? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, not one stone here will be left on another, which will not be torn down.â
Favourite scriptures.... How about the Poetic Edda?
EP39: âNo great thing needs a man to give / Oft little will purchase praise. / With half a loaf and a half-filled cup / A friend full fast I made.â
So those who can wrestle with it can help those who cant?
Is that the objective God or the subjective god?
It would seem that for many, one is unbelievable and one is unbelievably cruel.
The question is where exactly do the choices we make fit into the puzzle?
No wonder so many attempt to not consider it at all. But then, how can a person not? It is incumbent upon man not to vainly attempt to live worth and meaning
into life, but to inhabit and care for the beauty that surrounds even the hatred and tragedy.
To express that form of LOVE in terms of meeting needs the best we can. That is where a Loving God is best expressed.
Who can save the world without saving their own ability to seek the beauty in it?
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Posted:
Mar 16, 2026 - 4:28pm
SeriousLee wrote:
Don't stop there. Keep reading..."by which they may be exercised"
Or are you saying loving parents would never assign chores to their children?
Yes. This is a problem with a lot of people who misquote the Bible.
Things can be taken out of context easily.
Like "money is the root of all evil".
What it really says there in 1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
âEcclesiastes⬠â1:13â-â¬14⬠âNKJVâ¬
<13> And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. <14> I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
Posted:
Mar 14, 2026 - 6:06pm
oldviolin wrote:
âEcclesiastes⬠â1:13â-â¬14⬠âNKJVâ¬
<13> And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. <14> I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind
Love that Ecclesiastes.
That Solomon was a wise guy.
âEcclesiastes⬠â1:13â-â¬14⬠âNKJVâ¬
<13> And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised. <14> I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind
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Jul 25, 2014 - 1:05pm
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
