Questions you may wish to consider (Or you may choose to totally ignore these questions and make up a new set that suits you and your context. Be brave.) • Contemplate or discuss what the story of the Temptation is about. What do we learn from it? Do you all agree? • ‘Satan’ means accuser or adversary or deceiver. As you try to follow Jesus, what would you name as the ‘satans’ in your life? How do you face them down? • How would you describe the three temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness? What do they represent? Are they relevant to you and your context? In what way do they manifest in the contemporary world? • Many people struggle with all kinds of issues. How might we be ‘ministering angels’ to them without taking over or telling them what they should do? Have you had a ‘ministering angel’ experience in one of your own struggles? • Have you had a ‘wilderness’ experience? What was it like? What did you learn? Are you willing to share that with others? • The story of the Temptation is strange and wonderful and fantastical. Do you think it happened? Is it allegorical? Why would the Bible choose to tell us a story in this way? 36
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