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Who was the devil in the wilderness?

Answered by . September 29, 2009 - 7:45 pm

The devil is an allegory, the personification of temptation. The following details support the suggestion that the ‘temptation’ in the wilderness in Matthew 4 and Luke 4 is an allegory probably told to the disciples by Jesus himself, not a literal event with a literal tempter figure (angelic or human) following Jesus. Some of the […]

Can God be tempted?

Answered by . August 6, 2009 - 9:52 pm 2

On face value, there is a contradiction between James 1:13 and Psalm 106:14, at least in the King James Version. James 1:13 says Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. Yet we are told in […]