Lent 1 -- Temptation of Jesus

First Sunday in Lent Readings Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 In Mark's gospel, the situation is so urgent, that Jesus is driven into the wilderness by the Spirit immediately as he comes up out of the water from his baptism. God goes to great lengths to redeem this world, and we see that this week in the story of Jesus' temptation.