Vicious Validation
“ And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’ ”” Luke 4 : 3 - 4 NKJV The temptation of Jesus Christ on the need for vicious validation shows that the devil’s principle of temptation is always the same: an invitation to validate…” what God has already said or declared ”. Empirical validation is a natural phenomenon for human theory, prognosis, and assertions, without which all actions are referred to as voyages into self-destruction or self-defeat. But the words of God are settled or already validated in heaven. Every attempt or temptation to validate the clear revelation from the Lord is, in the words of Jesus, “ It has been said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God’ ” (Luke 4 : 12 ), a temptation. And while Chapter 3 just recorded overwhelming declaration in the presence of the Trinity and the public “ You are My be...