The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international >"T'~s '"S
January -. inOts-isaptisnn an"
Temptation Of Jesus

GOLDEN TExT,-ThIs Is My beloved
son. in whom l am wei pleased-siAt''
LESSON ToPIc.-Tho Endowment Of
Christ
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matt 4l-li)
Then was Jesus led up Of the spirit
into the wilderness 70 be tempted OF inc
devil
and forty nights. he was after"ard an nun
gcrcd. NJ,
q And when tho ;empter came to Him.
he said: II Thou be the son Of COD. com
mand that these stones be made breau.
a put He answered and said. II Is writ
,er MAJ shall not live by bread alone.
bur by every word that proceedeth out OF
s Then the devil taketh Him up into the
holy city. and setteth Him on pinnacle
o's And seth unto Him: II Thou be the
son Of God. cast myself down; FOR u Is
written. He shan give His angels charge
concerning Thee: and In their hands they
shall bear Thee up. lest at any time ihou
dash Thy foot against a stone
7 Jasus .aid unto him; IL IS written
again. Thou shalt not tempt the l.ord my
Again. the devn taketh Him up into
an exceeding high mountain az. sno".sn
/ linn the kAihNtiHS - 49,
And saith unto Him. All these things
will | give Thee, II Thou Wit ran Gown
and worship me. -, r.. ,hoa
hence satan: for IL IS written. Thou shait
worship the Lord thy God. and Him Only
1 shalt thou serve. ~, "a
n Then the devil leaveth Him, ara.
behold. angels came and ministerea 1''''
lin NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.
Jesus Baptism.-John had been
baptizinp. probably for about SIX
months. when Jesus presented HIM
self as a candidate for the rite. lie
sci ont from His home in Nazareth TO
be baptized-not to hear John preach
or 10 determine the nature oil Johh
mission. II seems to be limited IN
Luke 3:2i that Jesus presented HIM
self somewhat privately, at the close
of a DAVIS work. II so, we may ma
in the fact an explanation OF what APP
pears TO be the truth that the visible
coming of the Holy Spirit was evident
only to John and 10 Jesus, and that
only they heard the voice from the
sky. As to the reason for the baptism'
IL seemed necessary to Jesus in order
that lie might fulfill all righteous
ness" The righteousness which lie
wished to fulfill may well be under
stood as equivalent TO the rites OF
initiation into the priesthood. Those
rites included baptism. amounting with
oil. and sacrifice. Jesus was baptized
bv John rather than by priest. His
amounting was in the descent Of the
ITis cnnrifnss
/. IN come when He should offer Himself
upon the cross.
The Temptation.-The first evidence
OF this presence of the Spirit was
Jesus departure into the wilderness
, 30 be tempted. The temptation con
sisted not merely in the three attacks
OF which we have record. but doubt
less In many an unrecorded suggestion
! TO Jesus during the 40 days in which
J, He tasted The purpose Of the retire
: ment to the wilderness was. of course
e to give Jesus opportunity for concen
e trated thought upon the public worl
{ TO which lie felt Himself called-it
5 purpose. its method and its results
a If we may insist upon the exact mean
: ing Of Matt 4:2; Luke i:2. the alb
straction OF Jesus during the 40 day
: was so great that He was not con
scious of hunger The pangs, o
e which the devil tried 20 take advan
e tage in the first temptation. must hav
c been very severe. The account OF tn
n temptation must have been given b.
r Jesus TO His disciples in the course o
e the private teaching which occupies
much Of the last sin months of Hi
u life The order given in Matthew
the more logical one. though III
n temptations probably framed then
selves to Jesus less separately an
= distinctly than they appear in the ae
J. count 1t is not necessary TO sur
pose that Jesus was bodily transport
ed. nor yet that the temptation wa
5 entirely within Himself. The trut
:. may lie between these two extreme
e Note the plausibility of the tenpti
, tions. The first promised relief fro'
! hunger and the other two assure
'e success in work by manner niue
y easier than that which il was prop,
e 10 take. Observe that the quotation
'r from Scripture with which Jesus n
pels the temptations are All lfpih "
= book Of Deuteronomy. The first tw
n temptations cntced 10 n misuse Of y
- vine power: the third 10 a conccss'o
- that the devil holds the world as
80 right The freedom from template
which followed the great conflict bel
= described was only ''for season
uuke abb
- The Place Of Temptation.--A trad
: tion. said TO be no older than the TN
- of the crusades. fixes the scene Of II
= temptation at a mountain not far fro
Jericho. which from this circumstan
I. has received the name OF Quarantnni
Naked and arid like a mountain
!, malediction. il rises precipitouslv fro
a scorched and desert plain. and loo
over the sluggish, bituminous waite
of the Sodomitic sea-thus Offering
sharp contrast TO the smiling soitne
~ - 4 Al ~.