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Questions Week 14, Day 7

by David Joynt on August 05, 2017


LUKE 4:1-13


Jesus did not fall for any of the Tempter’s suggestions. He used scripture for his responses, and this is telling. If he had summoned an angel army, used lightning bolts as incendiary weapons, or magically disappeared, he could have avoided the ensuing temptations. But none of these options are open to you and I. Instead, he used God’s word as a truth guide and defeated Satan. This is a seemingly humble and even lonely approach, but the result is decisive.

One reason to study scripture is to be prepared to deal with temptation.


If you are facing a particular temptation, find a particular scripture which frames your problem and deals with it.

Tags: scripture, temptation

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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