When Glory Becomes Dim
When Glory Becomes Dim Listen: When Glory Becomes Dim (mp3) Watch: When Glory Becomes Dim (Powerpoint) "When the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all." Luke 4:13-15 (ESV) ENDED: synteleo (to complete entirely, to execute); from syn (with or together) and teleo (to end, complete, execute, conclude, discharge); from telos (the point aimed at as a limit, the conclusion or termination, result, purpose, impost or levy); from tello (to set out for a definite point, goal) Luke says that the devil ended every temptation of Christ. "Ended" is a word of finality...a word for successful completion. In what did the devil succeed? Jesus, after enduring without sinning the temptations of the devil, was empowered by the Holy Spirit to teach...