An Unwelcome Prophet
The Lord's Day Morning April 26, 2009 Luke 4:14-30 “An Unwelcome Prophet” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’ll open your Bibles to the the Gospel of Luke, the fourth chapter. I remind you that when we were in this chapter last, we were looking at the temptation of the Lord Jesus Christ. We saw parallels between Adam's temptation in the garden and Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Adam was tempted once in the garden, failed immediately, and three curses followed against the serpent, against Eve, and against Adam. Here Jesus is tempted not in a garden in an unfallen world, but in a desolate wilderness — a desert in a fallen world filled with sin; He's tempted not once, not twice, but thrice–Adam once, Jesus three times. Jesus never failed. He passes every temptation,…