Jesus' temptation in the desert!

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I’m sure there is a simple answer for this question but I haven’t come across it. When Jesus was tempted by the devil how was that entire episode recorded? Did Jesus tell about His 40 days of fasting and temptation in the desert to His apostles? If not, how did anyone else know?
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Hi Gary_,

The gospels have apostolic sources. Jesus could have told an apostle or the Holy Spirit could have revealed it to one or more apostles.

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garynorman63 said:
I’m sure there is a simple answer for this question but I haven’t come across it. When Jesus was tempted by the devil how was that entire episode recorded? Did Jesus tell about His 40 days of fasting and temptation in the desert to His apostles? If not, how did anyone else know?
Thanks! 🙂

Gary
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I think you have answered your own question.
 
garynorman63 said:
I’m sure there is a simple answer for this question but I haven’t come across it. When Jesus was tempted by the devil how was that entire episode recorded? Did Jesus tell about His 40 days of fasting and temptation in the desert to His apostles? If not, how did anyone else know?
Thanks! 🙂

Gary
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***Hi, garynorman!

This is an excellent example why the “if not in Scriptures” doctrine is flawed!

This passage demonstrates that there is more to Sacred Traditions than the sola Scripturalists can conceive: only five sources: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the angels, and Satan. We can rule out the angels and Satan as the latter is anti-Christian so he would not help the Gospels’ writers, and the first because they are only messengers of God. Common sense would lead us to believe that Jesus’ disciples would have become aware of the incident through Jesus’ Teachings (but, don’t quote me on it!)😛

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
mercygate said:
The text mentions no companions – other than the tempter, of course.
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***Hi, mercygate!

…it also mentions that Jesus was lead by the Holy Spirit… but there is no mention as to His involvement (did He leave or stayed).

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
jcrichton said:
***Hi, garynorman!

This is an excellent example why the “if not in Scriptures” doctrine is flawed!

This passage demonstrates that there is more to Sacred Traditions than the sola Scripturalists can conceive: only five sources: God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the angels, and Satan. We can rule out the angels and Satan as the latter is anti-Christian so he would not help the Gospels’ writers, and the first because they are only messengers of God. Common sense would lead us to believe that Jesus’ disciples would have become aware of the incident through Jesus’ Teachings (but, don’t quote me on it!)😛

Maran atha!

Angel***
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Hmm, are we being led by common sense here or the Holy Spirit and are they “fundamentally” related? 😃

I just don’t see a lot of common sense nor trust in The Holy Spirit ever coming out of the sola scriptura camp.

James
 
CentralFLJames said:
Hmm, are we being led by common sense here or the Holy Spirit and are they “fundamentally” related? 😃

I just don’t see a lot of common sense nor trust in The Holy Spirit ever coming out of the sola scriptura camp.

James
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***Hi, James!

…St. Paul works this a little in 1 Corinthians 2:6-16… it is only through the Holy Spirit that we can gain enlightenment on spiritual matter since He reveals God’s Will to Jesus’ disciples.

The problem we have, as human beings, is that we tend to let our human intellect determine for us what Scriptures are saying–inspite of the Holy Spirit’s efforts in guiding us to the Church for the Truth!

Maran atha!

Angel***
 
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