KJV
[3] And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[4] But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Not counting the unfortunate John the Baptist incident, this is the first time we hear Josh speaking. This is the Jesus I'm after, a zen poet deconstructionist. Imagine that, defeating the devil with wordplay. Instead of literally changing something to bread, as requested, he figuratively transforms bread into something more spiritual. He is the lyrical gangsta.
Note also that Josh is not calling himself God at this point. Only humans can be tempted. God is the source of his sustenance. Many Christians are pushing the formula:
JESUS = GOD
as the single most important belief, the core of their religion. For me, this formulation is precisely where Christianity went off track.
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