This passage of the temptation of Jesus is by far one of the most sacred stories told in the gospels. The reason is that the story cannot come from anyone other than Jesus. Jesus was the only one present at this moment of temptation, so it must have been passed on at some point to his disciples (Barclay). In this particular telling of the story, it is Luke who writes it. Luke was a Gentile, which is significant since all the other New Testament authors were Jewish. According to Colossians 4:14, Luke was a physician. Colossians teaches us that Luke was a “beloved physician.” This explains why Luke viewed people as they are and the love he had for them all (Welch). The audience the book was originally intended for was Gentiles or early Christians. In the first 3 verses of the book of Luke, it is explained how Luke writes to Theophilus to have him read. It is important to know that Theophilus was high in the Roman Empire and was not Jewish, but Gentile. Scholars also believe that it is written for the Gentiles, because everything written in the book is written so that the Gentiles can understand. The proof is the way he calls Jesus master. Master is a Greek term, while the Jewish word would have been Rabbi for Jesus. Furthermore, when Luke returns to the descendants of Jesus in Luke 3:38, he does not return to the founder of the Jewish ethnic group, as in the book of Matthew 1:2. Instead, in Luke 3:38, he traces the founder of all humanity to Adam (Barclay). The book of Luke was written around 70-100 AD. The major theme or accents of the book in which the passage is found, is the theme of the Holy Spirit (Barclay). From the beginning of the passage, he refers to the Holy Spirit. It is signif...... middle of paper ......tes and humbled ourselves in order to grow as we grow, and all the spiritual temptations that come with it. Our God is a God who humbled Himself down to our shoes in order to have this meaningful relationship with us. God has and always will have the ability to impress us with His divine power and how He uses it and does not use it. He had the ability to cleanse the Earth, as he did with Noah and the flood, but instead he gave humanity the opportunity to redeem itself. He gave us his only son so that we could live without sin and hopefully be with him in heaven when we die. The idea that something much bigger than us is capable of thinking about us on an individual level is overwhelming. Being given the chance to give our lives to Him is truly a blessing. Giving our lives to Him is just one small way of thanking Him for His compassion towards us...