Immediately after his baptism, the Lord Jesus Christ faced forty days and nights of fasting in the wilderness, followed by the temptation which satan placed before him. It is important to remember that Jesus was not only fully God, but also fully man.

This is about you and me, all of us need to think about the last judgement. A very big and important subject, so just an overview of the important points.

John had the ministry of preparing the way for the Lord Jesus Christ. We can learn a lot from what he ate and what he wore. There was nothing fancy in his life, he did not promote himself. He was a reminder of Elijah whom God raised up to rebuke kings, and call for repentance towards God. A protest against self centredness and self indulgence. He would make us very uncomfortable too.

Physical death comes to us all and even this is used for the glory of God, as we see here with the death of Lazarus. Spiritual death is much more than just separation from God. Many people would be happy with that. Ultimately whether you like it or not spiritual death means being consigned to hell for ever.

When you pray to the infinitely wise God, how often do you kindly give him the answer which you desire? You are not speaking to, but at God. You are shocked when you don't get what you want, for your thoughts are all tainted by sin. In prayer you should fall on your knees in total dependency.