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Points and Problems 1. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted" (Matt. 4.1). A very practical lesson should be learned from the time element in the temptation. It followed the great experience of our Lord’s baptism and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Him. Mark says (1:12) that it was "immediately” after these remarkable events. It still is true that often mountain-top ex periences are quickly followed by times of testing. Periods o f unusual blessings do not insure the child of God against such testing. God often allows the trials, in order to prove how effectively the blessings have been received. • 2. "The tempter came' to him" (v. 3). What a mighty enemy is the devil! He dared even to assault the Lord Jesus Christ. This being so, what man is there who can afford to trifle with Satan? He is so formidable, that ho one can resist his devices except that one be clothed with the full armor of God (cf. Eph. 6:10-18). 3. 'Take therefore no thought for the morrow" (6:34). Does this mean that we are to have no concern at all for the future? Not at all! The original language carries the idea of worry or overanxiety. A Christian may be concerned about tomorrow, but he has no business worrying about it. The sin of worry causes tremendous havoc in the lives of God’s children. Trusting in the Father's care dispels
boy, who Was rejoicing in the Saviour, to another lad who had professed faith in Christ, but seemed troubled. “Man, I’m no richt yet, for Satan’s aye tempting me,” the lad answered. “And what dae ye dae then?” asked the boy. “I try tae sing a hymn.” “And disna that send him awa?” . “No, I’m as bad as ever,” the young, lad replied. “Weel, my man, when he tempts ye again try him wi’ a Bible text; he canna staun that. That’s hoo Jesus pet him tae flicht.”—Tales Worth Telling, by Hy Pickering. Jesus' Own Verse L u k e 4:16-21 MEMORY VERSE: “Where two or. three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:20). AIM: To show child you were, and how you helped others, and always pleased him. That kind of letter would make you happy, wouldn’t it? It would mean even more to the ones to whom it Was sent. Did you know that the heavenly Father sent a message about His own Son, the Lord Jesus? For a long time, this was a secret message; that is, people did not know the name of the person they read about. But they knew Him as the Coming One. One day, in the little town of Nazareth, a wonderful thing happened. LESSON STORY: It was the Sabbath day, and Jesus went to the synagogue, or house of God, because He always did. On this day, the leader handed the Word of God to Jesus, and asked Him to read aloud. The lesson was from that part of the Bible called the Book of Isaiah. It spoke about One who was coming, who would “preach the gospel to the poor,” who would “heal the brokenhearted,” and who would help all who were in trouble (v. 18). He would be pure and with out sin (Jer. 23:5). When the short reading lesson was over, Jesus “closed the book. . . and sat down” (v. 20). The people were surprised, and they wondered. ‘This day,” the Lord Jesus said quietly, “is this Scripture fulfilled” (v. 21); in other words,; He was say ing, “Dear friends, I am the Coming One of whom God’s Word is speaking. I love you, and My Father loves you, and I am here to be your Saviour.” . how wonderful is God’s i n s p i r e d "Word. A P P R O A C H : Suppose you knew that your f a t h e r had written a letter to friends of his, and in it he had told what a good
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|Tio/ft/4A — æ S î » . worry. Harry Rimmer says the exact meaning of Jesus’ exhortation is, “Do not worry yourself sick over the morrow.” 4. "And he closed the book" (Lk. 4:20). Turn to I s a i a h 61:1-2 from which our Lord was quoting and it will be seen that He stopped read ing at a comma. Why did He not finish the sentence? Surely what followed is important. But what follows pertains to His second coming, not to His first advent. He stopped reading at that point,in the prophecy which was then being fulfilled. The material preceding the comma has to do with grace. What follows has to do with judgment. Of the latter He could not say, “This day is this Scripture fulfilled” (v. 21): But of the former He certainly could and did. ■ Golden Text Illustration M atthew 4:4 “What’s wrang wi’ ye noo? I thocht ye were a’ rieht,” said a Scotch
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