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LESSON
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Teacher 81 English Bible IN the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chloagol
tSA 1899 Western Newspaper union)
LeSSlN FOR OCTOBER 10
BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION or
JESUS.
LEssoN 49, Mntthew Ii. lil.


LESSON TEXT Matthew al: All.
GOLDEN TENTa~This Is my beloved
Son, in whom I am we'll pleased.-Aiatt
3;i7
ADDITIONAL MATERlAIs-1nke sii
tis. Heb 21S. ll5
PRIMARY ToplC-Jesus Pleasing the
Heavenly Father
JUNIOR Toplc-Rapuam and rempta-
tion OF Jesus
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Jesus Overcoming Temptation,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Victory over Appetite, Pride and Am
billion.
!. The Baptism Of Jesus t3:1s-lD.
While the forerunner was dscharg
ing his Office, the King emerged from
his seclusim at Nazareth and de
manded baptism al Johns hands The
lncongruity Of this with the purpose
OF baptism brought from John pro
test but Jesus explanation was satis-
factory, so John baptized him Touch.
i ing rchrists hantlsm note:
J It's Significance. t1) Negatively
/ tal u dld not mean his own ahodi
i enee to the commandment Of God. be-
cause his entire life had heen lived
4 entirely within the will OF God Nof
a moment In his entire life but what
was lived entirely Ia accordance with
the Fathers will. th) Not because he
had sin, for he was absolutely slnless.
harmless, undefied, separate from
sinners This separation was so com
plete that even the devil could find no
occasion against him (John IA 800.
\ (2) Positively Its 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. 10. ~. 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 all were essential for
The work upon which Christ row en-
ered--reveation (heavens opened),
inspiration (dove abode upon him).
and approval Cwords from the Fo
therl.
II. The Temptation Of Jesus C4:l
lD.
This temptation was the opening
,attle Of the dreadful conflict between
Christ and Satan. In this struggle
note:
I. The comhatants. C) Jesus Christ.
ne Divine Man. now entering upon
his medlatoral work He went imme-
diuieIy from the place OF amounting
and heavenly recognition as the Son
Of God 10 meet the arch-enemy of the
race t2) The devil He was real
person filed with cunning and malice.
,. 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 wes tempted IN bare
wilderness and gloriously trIumphed.
5. The method OF attack Since as
,ur Redeemer Christ sustalns a three
fold relationship, Son Of Man son Of
God and as Messiah. ench one was
made a ground Of attack. "a As Son
of MN. This was test Of the reality
of his humanity to demonstrate as 10
whether the humanity which he oh.
aimed through the Virgin birth was
real The appeal was made 70 the
instinct OF hunger. Hunger IS nat.
lral and sInless. Having been forty
days and nights without food as q
normal man, Christ had craving ap-
petite While the appetite was not
sinful, 70 have satisfied II In wrong
way would have been sin. (2) Son Of
God. II was 10 test ns 70 whether
this personality which had taken upon
Itself humanity. was divine The
devil quoted from Alessianic Psalm
10 get him to presume upon Gods
care God does care for his own, but
70 neglect common precaution--iO do
the uncaled for thing just 10 put
Gods promise 70 q fest Is 70 sin and
fall 60 AS Messiah Christ's mis-
sion as Messiah was 10 recover this
world from tile devil Now the devil
offers to surrender 10 him on the sim.
ple condition that he adopt his
method. thus obvating the necessity
Z Of the cross. The kingdoms were
really Christ's, and he knew that they
would ultimately become his The
nducement was 10 get Immediate pos
session without the sufrerings of The
ross.
a The defense the Word 0f God.
Z Christ met the enemy each time and
reuulsed him with "rt is written"
Each time he quoted from Deuter-
onomy. the book which the higher
critics would dIscredit as reliable.
Z. The issue--the enemy is com
4 oelely routed