Our culture is increasingly unfamiliar with the language of "temptation" and "sin" - why? As we have become more and more detached from a transcendent worldview, we no longer have anything outside ourselves to conform to, meaning the highest good is to act solely upon what we feel inside.
Rather than resist temptation simply to avoid punishment, we are called to resist in order to pursue a higher and better life. In this text, we learn from the example of Jesus as he faced temptation and won in the wilderness.