Following up on the post about Jesus and Temptation, I’ve made a list of people in the Bible that fell for temptation and “took the bread” (list not exhaustive):
Adam and Eve and the fruit (Genesis 3:6)
Esau, the bowl of soup and pagan women (Genesis 25:32-34, 26:34-35)
Israel and the comforts of Egypt (Numbers 14:2, and several other places)
King Saul and the spoil (I Samuel 15:9)
King David and Bathsheba (II Samuel 11:2-3)
Judas and money (Matthew 26:14-16)
Ananias and Saphira and money (Acts 5:1)
Demas and the world (II Timothy 4:10)
and more…
This is why we can’t look at ourselves or we will easily despair. We take the bread all the time. We must look to Christ who took on this flesh and all it’s desires and was perfectly obedient…in our place.
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