Have you ever thought about how the first temptation mentioned in the Bible is whether to eat a certain food or not? What the serpent offers to both the first human in the garden, to Jesus in the desert, and the world offers us today is fast food. Tasty, cheap, quick, and ultimately unhealthy. If the old adage "you are what you eat" is true, how can we live feeding on a healthy diet of life with Jesus?
In the season of Lent we seek to formally practice what should be a regular pattern in the life of every Jesus follower, specifically the concepts of repentance, self-denial, and dependence on God. It's a way of reminding us that our lives should bear the shape of the cross, while maintaining an everlasting hope of the resurrection. This sermon series revisits the ancient story of humanity’s temptation in the garden of Eden, as we seek to repent from the ways that we give into temptation and trust God more.
