The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
international Lesson for January Il
isOs - Jesus Tempted = Matthew

LESSON NOTES.
The lnitiatory Battle and TESTING
As the first Adam, the head of the race.
must be tempted and tested at the be-
ginning of his career. SO must the Sec
ond Adam, the head of the redeemed
people of God. be tempted and tested at
the beginning OF his work.
/. "Then:"immediately after His bap-
tism and full Of the Holy Ghost was
Jesus led up of (by) the Spirit" Under
some constraining influence that
showed Him what lie ought to do. 40
be tempted of the devil" The SANDER
err, the false accuser, one who seeks by
false and lying means to injure others.
misrepresenting God, distorting the
truth. e
Temptation Through the Appetite
2. Pasted forty days and forty
nights" Both Mark and Luke say He
was tempted all these forty days, prob
ably in the same general way as the
last three great assaults now to be de-
scribed. lie was probably thinking,
praying, planning. "He was afterward
n hungered:" When the reaction has
begun, hunger asserts its claims with a
force so terrible that (as has been
shown again and again in human ex-
periencej such moments are fraught
with he EXTREMIST peril TO the soul.
8. The tempter came TO Him." Sa-
tan made his severest assault in the
time of Jesus greatest weakness. lie
still watches his time. and attacks us
when weary. sick, troubled. disheart-
cned. nervous and weak. IF thou be
the Son of God:" if you really are Gods
Son.. and hence are possessed of mirac-
ulous powers, command that these
stones be made bread" The wrong
was not ia turning stones into bread,
but in doing il when He ought not to, at
the instigation of Satan, at the expense
of higher things. 1t would have de-
stroyed His power and mission as a
Saviour of men. He could not then be
tempted like as we are if He used His
supernatural power to save Himself
from hunger. for we such power.
4. ut is written:"in Deut. $50. quoted
from the Greek translation. "Man shall
not live by bread alone:" By food for
the body.
The Temptation to Gain Good Things
by a False and Presumptuous Faith
VS.. 81. 5. "Taketh Him up into the
holy city," Jerusalem, literally. or in
spirit. ION a tthe) pinnacle Tor rather,
wing) of the temple"
G. IF thou be the Son of God:" Thus
nfa pfipy On 1AsAt Ia HE ,os.I 49,.
Thyself DOWN" Into the court of the
temple among the crowds. 1t was pre-
scented as showing His faith in God. and
giving the assurance that He was the
Son Of God. If God sent His angel to
care for Him. Then. too. the people,
seeing Him coming down safely from
the height. would hail Him as prophet
and make Him king, as they tried TO do
after He fed the 5000. For il is writ
ten" (Psa. 91:11): He quotes this pas
and misapplies it, TO show that
Jesus could do it safely, and succeed
in proving His Messiahship. Many a
has come from misapplying
Scripture.
Z. 1T is written (Deut. 6:1e) again."
the other hand, as explaining the
you quote. Thou shalt not
the Lord thy Cod" That is,
God or test His power pre-
sumptuously.
Temptation to Gain Success. Even
Good Objects. by Wrong Doing.-s.
devil taketh Him up into an ex-
reeding high mountain" Probably in
spirit, in vision, for there is no noun
ain so high that all the Kingdoms of
the earth can be seen by the bodily
we. 1t was in some kind of vision hat
showed him, in a moment OF
ime, "all the kingdoms of the world.
the glory Of them" The kingdom
" power and law in Rome. with its
court and triumphant armies;
he kingdoms of literature, art and cul-
.ure in Greece; the "barbaric gems Of
Of the ORIENT; and possibly a
'ision Of the future with its glorious
with its redeemed peoples,
utilizing all that the prophets foretold.
# John on Patmos saw Of the new
and the new earth.
8. "All these things will l give thee:"
n a measure Satan did have these
hings. Christ later called him the
rince Of this world. IF thou wilt fall
and worship Me-" Satan does
Iot mean a bald act Of worship. a bend
ny in outward reverence to the grim
Of Darkness. Rather, Satan
sked such an act of worship as men
I've when they worship money, by low 1
lg IL better than God; when they wor-
hip success. by placing it before duty; 4
real, not a formal. worship. Satan is 1
90 ehrcwd to insist on the form II he
an gain the heart. =
10. Get thee hence, Satan:" TWAS I
Y this proposal that Satan revealed
"For II is written (Deut. 6:l3), :
hou shalt worship the Lord thy God:" I,
here is none other worthy Of worship.
IL. Then the devil leaveth Him." f,
Luke adds. "for a sea- !,
,n." And behold. angels ministered
nto Him:" Gave Him food. as in the
Use of Elijah Il Kings 1850; and at the
mo time companionship. sympathy =
nd the assurance that God and Heav- }.
4 were on his side. !
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