Jesus in the Jungle
“The Gospel writers underline the fact that Christ did not come to the Garden of Eden, but to a fallen, broken world to be a Saviour and Example for his disciples. Although he was the Second Man and the Last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45, 47) he came to be tempted not in a garden but a desert. He was tested when he was hungry. He was not surrounded by a tame creation, but by wild beasts (Luke 4:1-2; Mark 1:12-13). Jesus had to hack his way through the jungle which our sin had created in order to grow in his obedience to his Father in heaven.”
- Sinclair B. Ferguson, Grow in Grace (Carlisle, Pa.: Banner of Truth Trust, 1989), 8.
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