The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1922-10-11

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The Place Of ". 1.).
e wilderness of Judea. The first
Adam, was tempted in a garden
1 tue most pleasant surroundings.
second man, Jesus Christ, was
ted In q barren wilderness sur
9ed by wild beasts MARK / :1S).
The Purpose Of ". u. He was
nto wilderness by the Spirit.
rs temptation was Messianic.
kh He was tempted in all points
4 we are," we are not tempted
q was In this instance, but the
methods are employed on US.
the eighteen years Of retire
9atan surely tempted Christ as
upts us. Satan, no doubt, would
u rladly escaped this hour, but the
had come for the Redeemer to
upon His mediatorial work
fpFe He went from tho place of
e 1AE and heavenly recognition as
e vn Of God to meet and despoil
x xch enemy (Heb. 2:N.
was not preparation for His
oEbut rather its first conflict. In
fu We have the symbolic act of
sei tion Of himself to the work of
dsRption through the cross-the
expg full q Righteousness. In the
mHtadon, the strong man 10 spoil
E HE enemy.
LIT was not to sec II Christ would
fast-would fail under the most
t test. Christ could not fail.
postulate would make Gods
OF redemption to have been
as9ftled untfl after this temptation.
ld{Rould have made God guilty Of
|E94g forth 4 scheme Of redemption
35e basis Of q possible overthrow.
oH was to show Christ az an OBJ
ctS33Ron With we may rest our faith
s1haken confidence. He came
FZ-4Ngecoud Man, the head Of a new
cry sonrcs aud ,iife, 1t was
A fl,s 1paepsfahle,
thu divine and human natures
IN ssuatfnn.
tH.t The Method Of wv. ply.
Cefist as the worlds Redeemer
J med threefold relation-Son Of
Son Of God and Messiah, there
rel &satan made each one q ground of
tack.
l. As Son OF Man wv. 2-4). Satan
ade; his first assault upon Him as
mah by appealing to the instinct Of
niger. Satan urged Him to use His
vine power and convert q stone in
bffad. Hunger is natural and sin
So. The temptation was in salts
ing q right hunger In q wrong way.
0 hhye yielded in this case would
i've been to renounce the human linn
ations which He had taken for our
keS To use divine power to satisfy
imah needs would have been to fail
Saviour and Redeemer.
2. As Messiah wv. 5-S). Here the
was to grasp His right
i dominion by false means. The
vii offered to surrender unto Him
e world If He would worship him.
he force of this temptation was In
e fact that the Kingdoms of the
orld are Christ's by Gods covenant
lth Him. Gods method by which
'sus was to possess the world was
e cross. The temptation Satan Ii
'esslng upon the church today is to
It possession Of the world by other
cans than the cross.
8. AS Son Of God evv. e-12). Here
,tan tries to induce Christ to pre-
mel upon Gods care. He quotes q
ess hnic Psalm to induce Him to so
t. 10 do the spectacular thing In
der.to get notice is to fall into Sa-:
ms temptation. For Jesus to have
aced himself in danger In order to
t Gods special help In delivering
Inn you'd have been to sin. To put
le's self in moral and spiritual peril
Orhar to test Gods faithfulness IN
sin. Satan Is never quite SO dan
Gus as when he quotes Scripture.
~. chrIst's Defense wv. 4, 8, 12).
1t was the Word Of God. He met
id iepulsed the enemy with "It is
rittsD." Our defense IL Gods Word.
ay every Sunday school teacher