{"id":983,"date":"2010-02-28T14:46:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T19:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2011-05-02T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T19:42:18","slug":"shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he offered shortcuts. He pointed out a fast track to accomplishing God\u2019s will, an easy shortcut around the cross. Satan loves to offers shortcuts. He always says, &#8220;Hey, here&#8217;s what God has promised to give to you, but God&#8217;s ways take too long and require too much effort. I can give these things to you right now if you will just worship me.&#8221; Satan is the king of instant gratification. He was the one who first came up with the slogan, &#8220;Your way, right away.&#8221; And the trick to his temptations of this sort is that he always offers us God&#8217;s promises, but with a shortcut.<\/p>\n<p>Remember Abraham? What was his temptation? &#8220;Abraham, God said that you would have a son. But you haven&#8217;t had one yet, so just go and sleep with your wife&#8217;s maidservant Hagar. That will give you a son.&#8221; And Abraham did it, and we are still feeling the consequences of that choice.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was David. &#8220;David, God promised that you would be king. And here is Saul, asleep in this cave. Go ahead and kill him, then you can be king. He does deserve to die, you know.&#8221; But David did not do this, and became one of Israel\u2019s greatest kings.<\/p>\n<p>As you read through the Bible, watch for these sorts of situations. God promises something to someone, and only a few verses or only a chapter or two later, that person will discover an opportunity for a shortcut. They are offered the thing that God promised, but in order to get it, they have to break a command of God. They may have to lie, cheat, or kill, but they get what God promised them, and so they justify their actions in order to \u201cobtain the will of God.\u201d Generally, obtaining God\u2019s goals by breaking God\u2019s will ends in disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Accomplishing God\u2019s will must be done in God\u2019s time and according to God\u2019s ways. Any other method does not truly lead to the result God intends.<\/p>\n<h6>This post is based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gracecommentary.com\/bible\/showthread.php?t=48\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Commentary for Luke 4:1-13. <\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he offered shortcuts. He pointed out a fast track to accomplishing God\u2019s will, an easy shortcut around the cross. Satan loves to offers shortcuts. He always says, &#8220;Hey, here&#8217;s what God has promised to give to you, but God&#8217;s ways take too long and require too much effort. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20,12],"class_list":{"0":"post-983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"tag-bible-commentary-luke","7":"tag-bible-study","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shortcuts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shortcuts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he offered shortcuts. He pointed out a fast track to accomplishing God\u2019s will, an easy shortcut around the cross. Satan loves to offers shortcuts. He always says, &#8220;Hey, here&#8217;s what God has promised to give to you, but God&#8217;s ways take too long and require too much effort. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redeeming God\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mailchimp-Header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"182\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redeeminggod\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeremy Myers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeremy Myers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"headline\":\"Shortcuts\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"keywords\":[\"Bible Commentary on Luke\",\"Bible Study\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\",\"name\":\"Shortcuts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shortcuts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/\",\"name\":\"Redeeming God\",\"description\":\"Liberating you from bad ideas about God\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c\",\"name\":\"Jeremy Myers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeremy Myers\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Jeremy Myers writes about Scripture and theology in a way that redeems God and people from the prison of religion. He is a popular author and blogger and often gives away free eBooks to his blog subscribers.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\",\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/redeeminggod\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shortcuts","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shortcuts","og_description":"When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, he offered shortcuts. He pointed out a fast track to accomplishing God\u2019s will, an easy shortcut around the cross. Satan loves to offers shortcuts. He always says, &#8220;Hey, here&#8217;s what God has promised to give to you, but God&#8217;s ways take too long and require too much effort. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/","og_site_name":"Redeeming God","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","article_published_time":"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":562,"height":182,"url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Mailchimp-Header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeremy Myers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@redeeminggod","twitter_site":"@redeeminggod","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeremy Myers","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeremy Myers","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"headline":"Shortcuts","datePublished":"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/"},"wordCount":364,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"keywords":["Bible Commentary on Luke","Bible Study"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/","name":"Shortcuts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-02-28T19:46:42+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-02T19:42:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/shortcuts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shortcuts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/","name":"Redeeming God","description":"Liberating you from bad ideas about God","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0df0211c3f7ba3d4c6cfa1f8411f481c","name":"Jeremy Myers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eddb31e43c2836234b746787cbef8f12?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeremy Myers"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Jeremy Myers writes about Scripture and theology in a way that redeems God and people from the prison of religion. He is a popular author and blogger and often gives away free eBooks to his blog subscribers.","sameAs":["https:\/\/redeeminggod.com","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/290798794274804","https:\/\/x.com\/redeeminggod"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}