The first temptation came to Jesus when He was tempted to turn stones into bread. "Man shall not live by bread alone." Matthew-'1: 4. Man does live by bread, yet there is a greater dimension to life. Still, we are all tempted to worship material success - but "for what shall it profit a man ifhe gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" Mark 8: 36

The people in the time of Deuteronomy had to be reminded, for there would come a time when they would have eaten and been full. with herds and flocks and gold multiplied, and they would say in their heart. "My power and the might of mine hand has gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember

the Lord thy God. for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth." Deuteronomy 8: l7. l8

Man's need is for bread but for more than bread.

We may be the best fed, the best clothed. the best housed, the best entertained, have the biggest gross national product, and yet be morally, ethically and spiritually starved. The great fallacy of political utopias is that they leave out man's real need as a spiritual being, reformation. Reformation. Renewal, Repentance. This need, brought home to us from time to time by some national or personal scandal. reminds us of the frailty of man. It is not what man has but what he is that decides the fate of peoples and nations. Man shall not live by bread alone.

The late Archbishop ofCanterbury. William Temple. astounded a conference discussing economic problems when he said that the world could be saved by one thing only - worship. This is humanity's real need. He went on to say, ”To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness ofGod; to purge the imagination by the beauty of God: to open the heart to the love of God; to devote the will to the purpose of God." Man needs more than bread.

"Forgive us our trespasses..." - man's responsibility.

This suggests that we are living underjudgment. Man is not a free agent. The fact ofhis accountability is what makes him human. No other ofGod's creation is accountable for his behaviour. or for the use ofhis life. And we are responsible not only to our Creator, but to each other. We are responsible not only for things. but for people. The Scripture reminds us of this in the story ofCain and Abel. The Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother?" Cain said, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Genesis 4: 9. Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done

it unto the least of one of these my brethren. ye have done it unto me." Matthew 35: 4t).

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