Indeed, the “things of man” Peter worried about twenty centuries ago are the same things that preoccupy us today: wealth, prestige, control. All of this, Torres said, competes with Jesus for our hearts. Everything to which we attach significance in this life—family, country, politics, bodily health, even the clothes we wear and the food we eat—can become a substitute religion. “Whatever is tempting you to go astray, to sin, you can go full-bore, like Jesus did, and call it ‘Satan.’ Tell it to get behind you. You can say that to your temptation, say that to your sin,” Torres told his
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