Jesus the way to Heaven

I might have read the Gospel of Luke many a times, but this time this particular scripture put me into deep thoughts, " With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him,..." ( Luk e 1:17a NRSV ) and with the help and the guidance of the Holy Spirit these findings were worth discovering.  We might be knowing something about prophet Elijah (read more about this prophet from 1 Kings 17 to 2 Kings 2). This prophet gets a task of intimating king Ahab about the famine because he and along with the fellow Israelites would compromise LORD for Baal. And as Jesus speaks about this prophet, He tells us the timeframe for how long it occurred i.e. for 3years and 6months ( Lk. 4:25 ) The Bible also makes a note of the prophet's appearances of being hairy man with a leather belt around his waist(2 Kings 1:8). The LORD summons him to live at a wadi where he would be fed by ravens with bread and meat (something similar to staying in the wilderness). Prophet Elijah has an enemy th...

Years fly by, and we end up starting lent season with some resolutions to restrict certain things in life. Jesus also begans His ministry by fasting for 40days. As I was reflecting on the 3 questions which the devil asked Jesus I felt like jolting down some notes for me.  What was ash used for in the Old testament? When an individual would put ash on themselves, it was to convey that he/she is undergoing repentance. We see so many examples of people and prophets from the Old Testament using ash as a symbol of repentance. Question one:- The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” Luke 4:3 NRSV We often feel that if we have money today, we can do all things. Money isn't bad, but craving for it way too much is bad. Jesus also ate bread in His public life but here He refrains it during His fasting.  Life puts us in lot of dilemma, whether to work and earn on the cost of your soul i.e. by skipping religious involvement for the s...