The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-07
IMPROVED uNIrORN INTERNATIONAL
SUNGYSOOOL
LESSON
by REV. p. b. TITzwA'rER, D. D.,
Teacher OF English Bible IN the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
"a, 1870. western Newspaper Union.)
LeSSlN FOR OCTOBER 10
BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF
JESUS.

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LESSON TExT-Matthewf al; An.
GOLDEN TEx'r-Thfs 10 my beloved
Son. in whom am we'll pleased.-Matt
ADDITIONAL MATERiAL-Luke 81;
lis; Heb ais; 4:15.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus Pleasing the
JUNIOR ToPIc-BaptIsm and Tempta-
Hon of Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Jesus Overcoming Temptation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Victory over Appetite. Pride and Am
bition.
!. The Baptism Of Jesus (3:13-1O.
While the forerunner was dlscharg.
ing his Office, the King emerged from
his secluslon at Nazareth and de-
handed baptism at Johns hands. The
incongrulty of this with the purpose
Of baptism brought from John a pro-
test, but Jesus explanation was salts
factory, so John baptized him. Touch
'ng ChrIst's baptism, note:
l. Its Significance. az Negatively.
(a) 1t did not mean his own obedi-
ence to the commandment of Cod, be
cause his entire life had been lived
entirely within the will of God. Not
a moment In his entire life but what
was lived entirely in accordance with
the Fathers will. (b) Not because he
had sin, for he was absolutely sinless,
harmless, indebted, separate from
sinners. This separation was so COM
plete that even the devil could find no
occasion against him (John IA :30).
~ Positively. It's significance is
found in harmony with the central
purpose Of his coming into the world,
which was to secure for his people
salvation through death, burial and
resurrection.
2. Approval from the opened
heavens wv. 16, I'D. Immediately
following his conservation to his work,
the heavens were opened and the
Spirit came and abode upon him, fol-
lowed by words of approval from the
Father. These oil were essential for
Efne work upon. winch Christ now en-
teredz-revelation fheavens opened),
inspiration dove abode upon him),
and approval (words from the Fa.
ther).
n. The Temptation Of Jesus AL.
iD.
This temptation was the opening
battle of the dreadful conflict between
Christ and Satan. In this struggle,
note: W
l. The combatants. U Jesus Christ,
the Divine Man, now entering upon
his mediatorlal work. He went imme-
dlately from the place of amounting
and heavenly recognition as the Son
Of God TO meet the arch-enemy of the
race. (2) The devil lie was a real
person filed with cunning and malice.
2 The battle grOund-the Wilder
ness Of Judea. The first man was
tempted in a garden with the most
pleasant surroundings and failed; the
second man was tempted in a bare
wilderness and gloriouSly triumphed.
8. The method of attack. Since as
our Redeemer Christ sustains a three
fold relationship, Son of Man, Son OF
God and as Messiah. each one was
made a ground of attack. "a AS Son
of Men. This was n test of the reality
OF his humanity to demonstrate as to
whether the humanity which he oh.
tanned through the Virgin birth was
real. The appeal was made to the
instinct of hunger. Hunger is nat.
ural and sinless. Having been forty
days and nights without food, as a
normal man, Christ had a craving APP
petite While the appetite was not
sinful, to have satisfied it in wrong
way would have been sin. (2) Son OF
| God. 1t was to test as to whether
this personality which had taken upon
itself humanity, was divine. The
devil quoted from n Messianic Psalm
TO get him to presume upon Gods
care God does care for his own, but
| to neglect common precautiOn--to do
the uncalled for thing just to put
Gods promise to test Is to sin and
fall. (3) AS Messiah. Christ's mis-
sion as Messiah was to recover this
world from the devil. Now the devil
offers TO surrender to him on the sim
pie condition that he adopt his
method, thus obvlating the necessity
Of the cross. The kingdoms were
really Christs, and he knew that they
would ultimately become his. The
indueement was to get immediate pos
session without the sufrerings of the
cross.