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OCTOBER 10, 1930 BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS. Golden Text: “ This Is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Mat. 3:17. LESSON TEXT Mat. 3:13-4:11. (Read Mat. 3:: 1-4:11; Deut. 6:4-16.)
bread alone, but by every word that pro- ceedeth out of the mouth of God. (5) Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle „of the temple, (6) -And saith unto him, If thou be. the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee ui), lest at any time thou dash thy foot- against a stone. (7) Jesus said unto him, It is written, again, Thou shalt not tempt the LORD thy God.. (8) Again, the deyil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the king doms of the world, and the glory of. them; (9) And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt .fall down and worship me. ' (10) Then said Jesus* unto .him, Get thee .hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD thy God, and him. only shalt thou serve. (11) Then the devil leaveth him, and, be hold, angels came and ministered unto him. to confess: He did not permit bap tism as a mere form. John’s baptism was from Heaven. (Matt. 21:25). Jesus, desired 'to fulfill' all righteous ness; to be subject to God’s ordinances. In infancy He was circumcised. Mary was purified. He went with His par ents to the. temple. In Israel’s history, it was at Betha- bara that they crossed the Jordan and entered the Promised. Land . Joshua succeeded Moses. Now Jesus is to suc ceed John the Baptist. Moses died in the wilderness. 5 The Law was to be superseded by Christ. Moses testified of Joshua whom God selected, and now John testifies of Jesus whom God sent. Jesus was now of legal age to enter the ministry. (Num. 4 :3;. 8:24-26). John shrank from the task. He felt as did Peter when he said, “ Depart from me for I am a ginful man, O Lo'rd.” (John 13:6). The Heavens were opened here as
;!3) Then cometh Jesus from Galilee_ to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. (14) But John forbade, (would have .hin dered) him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and cqmest thou to me? (15) And Jesus answering said unto him, Sifffer it to be so now: for thus it be- cometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. (16) And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straight way out of the watery and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit 6f God descending like a dove; and lighting upon him; (17) .And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my. beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (4:1) Then- was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil'. (2) And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. (3) And when the tempter -came to. him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command. that these stones be made bread. (4) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by Outline (1.) THE. DIVINE TESTIMONY TO THE DEITY OF JESUS, vs. 3:13-17. (2) THE DEVIL’S THREE - FOLD TEST OF THE SON OF GOD, vs. 4 :lr ll, Here are two distinct, definite stud ies, either one of LESSON which would be EXPOSITION sufficient • for a T. C, Horton lesson, and it will be difficult to do justice to both. (1) THE DIVINE TESTIMONY TO THE DEITY OF JESUS, vs. 3:13- 17. . “ This is my beloved Son.” John had been preaching for some six months. Multitudes had responded to his' call to repentance. Now Jesus presents Himself for baptism. (a). Why Was He Baptized? He needed no repentance (change of at titude towards God). He had no sins
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