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S eaooI essen.
SBy REV. P. B. FTTZWATER. ID. d., Mem
Der of Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute OF Chicago.)
@. 1884. Western Newspaper Union
Lesson for january Ia
THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION
or JESUS CHRIST

or JESUS CHRIST
LESSON TEXT-Matthew s:1s-4:11&
GOLDEN TENT-Wherefore in AID
things it behooved him to be made likd
unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest iR
things pertaining to God, to make reed
onclliation for the sins of the peOple.i
Hebrews 2:17. n
PRIMARY TOPIC-When Jesus Was
Baptized.
JUNIOR ToPIc-Jesus Meets ths
Test.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP4
IC-Jesus Faces His Life Work.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPI
Goods Victorious son.
The baptism and temptation of
Jesus should not be thought Of az
part cf his preparation for his great
work, as is represented by many writ.
ers. They should rather be viewed as
the formal entrance of the Messiah
the king upon his mission. In the
baptism we have the act Of dedication
Of himself to his work which made run
q righteousness, and in the temptation
we have a record of his first 0ficiat
conflict with the devil whose work.
he came to destroy.
|. The Baptism Of Jesus, the Kim
(3:13-17.
]. His coming to John Nv. ia
While the forerunner was dischargins
his office, the king emerged from hil
seclusion at Nazareth and demanded
baptism at Johns hands.
2. Johns hesitancy ~. 14). Tho
%incongrulty Of this demand with TIM
purpose Of baptism brought from TohA
q protest, but upon Jesus setisfautorl
explanation John baptized him.
8. The significance of Lis bartisft
". 15). IT, significance IL founi III
harmony with the central purpose "a
his coming into fhe world, wi MA WAC
to secure for hls people sliya III
through DEAN aid resurrection. IMit
act was the Official entrance upon hlA
work. 1t was an act of consecr.. VA
Oh his part to the work Of Srrin- his
people through sacrifice. Clai Mls
baptized not because he haI NED;
M bNNtttF1A AL AAtfAA Liz lt.ANt N4 g4lAF
ners to De 4 substitute for. tlasa.
4. Approval from the opened
heavens wv. is, ~. Immediately foI4
lowing his conservation to his work.
the heavens were opened and the
Spirit came and abode upon him, fol-
lowed BY words Of approval from til
Father.
Il. tn. Temptation Of Jesus, TIT
King (4:1-11).
This temptation was the openin.
battle Of the dreadful conflict betwee
Christ and Satan. In this ~struggE
note:
1. The combatants Nv. ~.
q. Jesus Christie went immedl
ately from the place of amounting ami
heavenly recognition as the Son Of God
to meet the arch enemy Of the race.
b. The devil-The one with whoH
Christ struggled here was a real, per
sonal being, filed with cunning AMI
malice, and possessing great power.
2. The battle-ground ": ~. 1t wai
the wilderness Of Judea. The frs
man was tempted in q garden with thu
most pleasant surroundings, and failed
The last man was tempted in a bare
wilderness, and gloriously triunphed
3. The method OF attack wv. 800
Since, as the Redeemer, Christ sus
tains to mankind a three-fold relation
Simpson Of man, Son Of Cod. ana
Messiah-each relationship was mad
a ground Of attack.
a. AS the son of Man wv. 3. ~
The appeal was made to the instinct
Of hunger. Having been forty days
and nights without food as q normal
man, Jesus had a craving appetite
While the appetite was not sinful, II
have satisfied it in a wrong way woull
have been sin.
b. AS the Son Of God wv. 5-D.-Tt
was to test whether this personality
which had taken upon itself humanity
was divine. The devil quoted from a
messianic Psalm to induce Jesus To
presume upon Gods care. God really
does care for his own, but to neglect
common precaution, to do the uncalled
for thing just to put Gods promise td
a test, is to sin and to fail.
Z. AS the Messiah wv. s, o.
Christ's mission as the Messiah was
to recover this world from the devil
The devil offered to surrender to him
on the simple condition that Jesus bow
to the devil, thus obviating the neces4
sity Of the cross with its shame and
suffering.
a. The defense wv. a, z, 1O). The
instrument Of defense was the word
Of God. Christ met the enemy each
time and repulsed him with lit ID
written" Each time he quoted from
Deuteronomy, the book which higher
critics would discredit.
5. The issue ". 11). The enemy
was completely routed. The strong
man was bound, making the spelling
Of his house possible.