The Dolores star., 1922-10-13
LESSON FOR OCTOBER D
JESUS TEMPTED
LESSON TExr-I.I.

LESSON TExT-IAke Ali,
GOLDEN TEXT-For in thu, n
sell hath suffered being temn,.a ~
able TO succor them that ar. ~. ~
Heb. 2:l8. "mtA
REFERENCE MATERrAI-p,,
Heb. 2:1t-1s. <:l4-lS. Hh !is
PRIMARY ToPIC-Je,uS d..
Temptation "'ueoa
Wrong.
INTERMEDIATES AND sENIop -o.
Overcoming Temptation. ioP
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADt-tr
What christs Victory Mean. IN n.
!. The Place Of ". ll.
The wilderness of Judea. The A.
man, Adam, was tempted in n g,,a.
with the most pleasant surroundI,.
The second man, Jesus Christ =.
tempted in barren wildernes, a,
rounded by wild beasts MARX ,,n
u. The Purpose Of ". ~, He ~
led into n wilderness by the Snl-
Christ's temptation was MessI,,,.
Though He was tempted In all no,,
like as we are" we are not tenn,.
as He was In this instance. bpt a.
same methods are employed on :,
During the eighteen years of ROTH,
ment Satan surely tempted Chris,
he tempts us. Satan, no doubt vovv
have gladly escaped this hour, but a,
time had come for the Redeemer |.
enter upon His mediatorial wo,t
therefore He went from the place \
amounting and heavenly recognition !,
the Son of God to meet and despI
the arch enemy Heb. 2:i).
l. 1t was not preparation for Hs
work. but rather Its first conflict, h
baptism we have the symbolic act 4
dedication of himself to the work 4
redemption through the cross-tb..
making full n righteousness. In Ii.
temptation. the strong man is spoil
Ing the enemy.
=. 1t was not to see If Christ woul
stand fast-would fail under the mos
To so postulate would make God,
scheme OF redemption to have bess
unsettled until after this temptatinI
and would have made God guilty q
setting forth n scheme of redempta
on the basis of n possible oyerthruEl
3. 1t was to show Christ as an W
ject upon which we may rest our falt
with mistaken confidence. He cam
as the second Man, the head Of a NED
race, its very source and life II VI
demonstration of the nseparabs
ness of the divine and human nature
in the incarnation.
III. The Method Of wv. 2-l2).
Christ as the worlds Redeems|
sustained II threefOld relatlon-Son
Man; Son of God; and Messiah, there
fore Satan made each one a ground
attack.
/. AS Son of Man wv. "a. Sain|
made his first assault upon Him
a man by appealing to the instinct I
hunger. Satan urged Him TO use III
divine power and convert stone N
to bread. Hunger is natural and aa1
less. The temptation was in satlsl
flying right hunger in wrong way
To have yielded in this case woul1
have been to renounce the human UNI
itations which He had taken for Ou1
sakes. To use divine power to satla9
human needs would have been to fsI
as Saviour and Redeemer.
.. As Messiah wv. 5-S). Here ln'
temptation was to grasp His risnl
full dominion by false means ln'
devil offered to surrender unto hi1
the world If He would worship hli1
The force of this temptation was
the fact that the Kingdoms OF ua
world are Christs by Gods covehAu
with Him. Gods method by VIM
Jesus was to possess the world "1
the cross. The temptation satan
pressing upon the church today su
get possession of the world by oliA
means than the cross.
3. AS Son of God wv 9-l2). he'
Satan tries to induce Christ 10 p'
sumo upon Gods care. He quole'
Messianic Psalm to induce Him ~
act. To do the spectacular thihs :.
order to get notice is to fall inlo .
tan's temptation. For Jesus 10 na.
placed himself in danger In oraei
get Gods special help in delivers =.
Him would have been to sin. 10 !.
ones self In moral and spirituai p
In order to test Gods faithfuiness
to sin. Satan is never quite 50 ~
erous as when he quotes Scrlptu,s
". christ's Defense wv. 4, ., w.
1t was the Word Of God. he =,
and repulsed the enemy win ~,
written" Our defense Is COOS w. -,
May every Sunday school 'ea'D'
know how to use 1t!
v. The Issue ". 13). =, !,
Satan Is vanquished. If we VIII !, !,
trust God and use His Word We
can overcome.