Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-21
TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
LESSON VIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. PC.

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l. And Jesus, being full OF the holy
Ghost, returned from Jordan" This lesson
seems TO follow Immediately the last one,
winch told us OF the baptism OF Jesus by
John Ill Jordan ana OF the descent OF the
!, = and was led by the spirit INTO the
wilderness, being forty days tempted OF the
devil
And in those days He did eat nothing; and
when they were ended lie aiterward nun
gered. The forty days last reminds us OF
uhe hastings OF tne TWO men WHO Afterwards
appeared with HIM on the Mount OF Trans
hguratlon. VI Moses IL Is written, III reIer-
ehce 10 poth periods OF lorty DAYS ana h'ElVs
Wneh ne was III the mount WIN "ou' thaO ne
ana helther eau oreau nor uilhN water 'Deut'
iN' " ~, ana OF EilJah IL Is written mat ne
WehC Ill the strenguh OF thaU meal '"hicn Vue
anger mad prepared forty days ana lorty
nights unto Iorep tine Mount oi you u
hihss XIX o. lneIe Is no uo",V ilore III O"e
lorty udyS laSU Oh tueSe "ol'leii vi tiiiee u.ian
we nave yet seen or shall see tlll uhe kihBuo'h
coiileS' ouu we slau no wen uaS ny ua5 " see
o. III lhou be the oon Oh uuu' command
'nis stone tnau 1t DE lilaue oIe"u' me l"'Ier
Oh hes Is'lua'es thaU perhaps he Is hoV Vhe
ooh Oh "oi' puV ohly mere h'an' just
poor carpenter from Na%'reth' iluhln5 pre-
tGnSi'HS ~ oeIi5 SUM- eleaU oiie' an" Un"U
lie ",'" oe''ci itOu' " ~ us ""'''"i0 n'i'0 Vi
el9e slte S"ile UoNe,i u ms Po"v''
- WI i''eH ''"U man 9ii'''' ''ou ~ ro ~
~ eau "I''e' "uU y cNeiy WIZ u wv"
rn'S 10 Uno ,e!iy Vi O"il'' " 'nc te" P'o';
ino Uu'N"lu li,"0'uO'la "eie 'i"O S'"o Law
i"iie" nun puu Jesus P'"CeS '',e WI" Vi N'u
as"'st an olner eN anu ieS,9 uiiii'oNeu
vi H"' 10 WI reeii, MS 10 Ne,'ei .'''i,
eeei"5' no "'i' " O''' 10 iii'i 'A"n io0"
ol ruliilenU
o. III lhou therefore VIII worship me-
al sl''l Dc liilie' iue s'''e'iie"'e VI ''ie'9
verses that the devli TOOK nm 10 an ing noun
tam ana she"ed nm an Vhe k'''s'.o,ilS ol .he
"orIu Ill moment o, 'l'i'e' cannot oe uuuei-
stood OF eNlhalheu py US, uuU can oe re-
celVed' on the authority OF the Holy oprlU,
WHo' through tne ser Vi Cou' "tU'e
Cuese UhllSs' anu linPlcluly ocncNe'' nne
iuii P'"ei Vi 'hc "eN wv "ic Nv. i'iiiiii,'i
WIN tioi w We "unU " oeJ' hoi . ~ iuiiy
revealed Jesus eise"1ere C''liS niiii tne
prince Oh thls world ana Iuul speaks Oh MN
Us .he prince I'll .ne power ol tlle ar ana INC
Hou Vi 'iiS "iiile o'ii''' III I'eNei''ion'
SPEAKS vi tiiiie "neii tle ueNh VIII give
=" ANU" Isl 'naI WHICH, III oui essol nc
ohereu 70 OhriSu tom XII, 81; XIV oo' EPn'
H. - l! Oor' ~, - heV' Xii, - ~ 50 tn''u MS
boast III TINS temptation does not seem 10
nave peeh aitoSeVher VAIN oile' Ills "oIlu
Is 'he Lorus ny creation' ne gave IL 10
ADAM Dut Adam' py MS SIM gave 'he
deVil clailh 10 IL wnlch he mas not laiieu 60, TO
maze use Oh, ana IL Is True touay that me
Whole WorIu neuh Ill 'he eVA one u oonh V,
~, ~ we Inns statement Is u ue noV oniy VI
nea'hehuoli ou' aiso vi Sn'isueh''oiii' anu
III soihe measure ol Tue Cnrls'iaii cnuicn'
II uhe manifest WORKS Oh the ue'li iiiuica'e
his property, theh thaC WHICH ne uoes hoC
control Is a small section OF earth ana small
number OF people buu Dahiei saw Ill VISION
the kihgdoih ana dominion uhier tle whoie
heaven gwen 10 tne oon Oh man ana 10 tne
saiiits VI Tue Mos' riisn lDan WI TO- H. ~,
ana IhiS temptation was 10 OBTAIN ny u shorl
cu' anu aPar' iioiii 9uiiei iiis tn"' "nicH III
que Time VIII DE an his Voee lev Xl' ID ioJ
Inc TWO classes OF people IN the world To-Day
are those VINO, oy powihS down 10 the devil
take their portion now ana those who' oy
oowlhg down 10 0nrlSt, are Wiling 10 walt
lor theT portion I'LL tne kllguom comes ana
the whole earth Is manitestly Ills. IL Is TO be
feared that many who profess to bear the
name OF Christ are often found bowling down
to the devil for the sake OF little earthly
gain or pleasure
8. Get thee behind me, Satan: Tor II Is
written, Thou shalt worship the LORD my
God, and Him only shalt thou serve Again
Jesus Is victor, and the sword OF the SPIRIT
, Is the successful weapon. The substance OF
this quotation Is found in Elk. XXXiv, IA,
Deut. Vi H. The W ord OF God Is more to
. I'D "A
OF this world and eagerness TO do the wlll OF
God crowds out all else The one only living
ana true God Is the only proper ohJect OF
worship, and lie must be Worshiped III
spirit and in truth. The principal Old Iesta-
, ment word for worship Is IN about atty
places translated as "oowing sell down. as IN
Gen. XVIII, :; NIX, |. AS there can lie no sal
walton without the casting aside OF self
righteousness lsa. Xiv, d; Tit. Ill, d, and no
Christian life apart from the denial ami
death of self Matt. XVI, n; ii Cor. ", II