Saturday after Ash Wednesday: Matthew 4.1-11

Back a step, to linger a moment at the archetypal story of Lent, of temptation.  Tom Wright memorably calls them “the flickering impulses, the whispering voices.”  If our faith is going to make a difference to our lives, then this is “where the rubber hits the road.”  Can we really resist evil, and turn to God?  Not purchasing our ticket to heaven (that’s Jesus); but as our thankful response, the outworking of faith in our lives.  How many Christians to change a lightbulb?  The lightbulb has to want to change.