很多人常常问我一个问题：基督徒所面对最大的试探是甚么？我一般的回答是：逃避走上十字架道路的试探。这是我们的主耶稣基督在世时不断要面对的试探，也是我们常常要面对的试探：
既是主人走过的路
仆人难道不应追随？

耶稣在世的生命有两段十分突出的时期，在这期间祂受到很大的试探，那就是祂被引诱采取一种不同的方式来面对世界的哀伤和罪恶。其中一段时期是旷野的试探，另一段时期是希腊人的到访。我们以前已经看过第二个试探，在结束这话题前让我们简单的把这件事再回顾一下，不过未来几天我们会先聚焦在旷野所受到的试探上。

主耶稣在约但河受洗以后，圣灵把祂带到旷野去接受魔鬼的试探（或考验）。祂离开人群目的是要预备自己面对舍命救赎的苦难。可以说，耶稣一进入旷野，试探便开始了。甚么试探？就是试验祂能否完成使命，看看这一位身为神的儿子的耶稣，是否也可以成为人子。因为成为人子表示祂会背负人的儿子的所有罪孽。耶稣在这个问题上从没有动摇。神的儿子乐意接受成为人子所需要面对的一切，好让人的众子都可以成为神的众子。

I am often asked the question: What is the greatest temptation a Christian faces? My reply is usually this: the temptation to avoid the way of the cross. It was temptation that constantly faced our Lord Jesus Christ, and it is one that constantly faces us:

It is the way the Master went.
Should not the servant tread it still?

There were two outstanding periods in Jesus' life when He was greatly tempted to face the sorrow and sin of the world in some way other than the one He took. One such time was the temptation in the desert, and the other was at the coming of the Greeks. As we have already looked at the latter incident - and will briefly examine it once more before we conclude - we shall focus our thinking over the next few days on our Lord's temptation in the desert.

Following His baptism in the River Jordan, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted (or tested) by the devil. He got away from humanity in order to prepare Himself for the ordeal of giving Himself to humanity. In a sense, the temptation began as soon as He entered the desert. What temptation? The testing of His purposes to see whether, being the Son of God, He would also be the Son of Man. For to be the Son of Man would mean that He would take upon Himself all that falls on the sons of men. Yet on that issue, He never wavered. The Son of God willingly accepted all that was involved in becoming the Son of Man, so that the sons of men might become the sons of God.