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Now see, my adorable friend, to me this is not a test at all.
Of course you are. You mention health and I mentioned wealth.
I know it cannot compare to Abraham and Isaac but, how about Peter walking on water?No, I did not know about them! I do now tho!
Now, see, I don't see the test.
They simply lied to make themselves look more generous than they were.
No one was 'testing ' them that I saw. They failed themselves by not being honest.
That's how I see it, I mean.
And I agree Jesus' mission was not about testing...it was about love manifesting mostly as unconditional healing to those far and near..then in his example of immediate forgiveness (aka the criminal on his right), his self sacrifice, and letting us know Heaven is within...there dwells our Father...no more stoning...
....and nothing is what it seems here....you can overcome physical laws because spiritual laws also trump them.
(ie, sickness, death, water, gravity....changing atoms to appear as wine, etc...)
Hi Nancy
Not in my book, my friend.
But even at that he needed to keep his eyes on Jesus. Perhaps that was the test. Then when he looked away from Jesus he started to sink, but he remembered who he could depend upon calling out, "Lord save me".
Just thought I'd throw it out there-I have no idea why people in the N.C. are not tested in the way they were in the Old.Hi Nancy
You mean would I consider that a test?
I can see why some would.
But, as I look at Jesus and how he conducted himself...as I look at a mother and how she
encourages and powers up her little 9-12 month baby to take his first step towards her
open arms...
Do I see either as some test?
No.
Peter asked Jesus, Jesus didn't ask Peter?
