THE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS

   Jesus Christ declared that he was sent to announce the good news of the Kingdom of God (Luke 4:33); And perhaps for this very reason was submitted by the Adversary to three terrible and emblematic temptations, even for the contemporary man.

   Turning stones into bread (Luke 4: 3-4) is the temptation of materialists who believe that religion is like opium that brutalizes and alienates people, and that, as a man of manners, man gradually Will improve with a good doctrine of human relations and methodical and progressive social coercion. But this vision of a paradise without God, failed. Today, even through genetic discoveries, it becomes clear that the human being, by nature, needs to have in his psyche a relationship with the Infinite.

   The second temptation, according to Mt.4. 5-7, is that of spiritualists who want to leave everything to the care of God without costing them the slightest effort. Such men are not only tempted by the Adversary, but themselves often manipulate this human weakness to take personal advantage of these "sheep and sheep wooly", who "promise freedom, and are themselves slaves of corruption "(2-P.2.19)

   The third temptation is that of those who through the administration of the government of the States see the enormous possibilities of acquiring wealth, power and prestige. It is an area so conducive to corruption that the Adversary proclaims his right to dominate it (Lc.4.6). The Messiah, instead of recriminating him with such a meaningful pretension, qualifies him as the "prince of this world", clarifying that they have nothing in common (Jn.14.30), but it is blunt in affirming that only the Supreme God need to worship and serve, because Of Him is the everlasting Kingdom, with all His glory and power (Mt.4.10; 6.13).