Lesson 7 · May 15, 1909
Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
Lesson Scripture: .
Parallel Scriptures: ; Luke 3:⟦21, 22?⟧; 4:1-13; .
Lesson Helps: chapters 11, 12; -98.
Time: A.D. 27.
Places: By the Jordan, thought to be near Jericho; wilderness, probably west of the Jordan and Dead Sea.
Persons: John the Baptist, Jesus, Satan in the guise of an angel.
Questions
#### Baptism of Jesus.
- 1.While John was baptizing at Jordan who came to him to be baptized? .
- 2.What were John's feelings regarding this? .
- 3.What reply did Jesus make? . Note 1.
- 4.What occurred as Jesus came up out of the water? . Note 2.
- 5.What was heard from heaven? . Note 3.
Notes
#### Temptation of Jesus.
- 6.Through what experience did Jesus then pass? . Note 4.
- 7.How long did He fast in His struggles against the enemy? .
- 8.How did the tempter seek to take advantage of the physical needs of Jesus? .
- 9.How did our Lord meet the temptation? .
- 10.What did the enemy then do? How did the devil seek to enforce this temptation? .
- 11.How did our Lord meet this temptation? .
- 12.What did the devil then do? What did he show the Saviour? . Note 5.
- 13.What did Satan promise to give the Saviour? Upon what conditions was all this glory and power offered Him? . Note 6.
- 14.How was this temptation met? .
- 15.By what scriptures were each of these temptations met? . Note 7.
- 16.What did the devil then do? Who then ministered unto Jesus? Matt. ⟦4:11?⟧
Notes
1. "To fulfil all righteousness." Jesus was God acting in sinful flesh on behalf of the sinner. He made Himself one with humanity. He took upon Himself the woes, the needs, and sins, of humanity, so that He felt the consciousness and keenness of it as no other soul ever felt it. He was baptized for humanity. In all that He did He was fulfilling righteousness for humanity.
2. The word "baptize" is taken directly into English from the Greek, and means "plunge," "immerse," "whelm." If the water had been sprinkled or poured upon the Lord, He need not have gone down into the water, as He must have done to have come up out of the water.
⟦3.⟧ The voice from heaven was the voice of the Father. It was God's encouragement to His Son to help meet the temptation and agony that awaited Him in the wilderness. Every soul clothed in the righteousness of Jesus may take home to his heart the same words of comfort and encouragement.
4. "There came to the Saviour, as if in answer to His prayers, one in the guise of an angel from heaven. He claimed to have a commission from God to declare that Christ's fast was at an end."—.
5. Satan is "the god of this world." . When man yielded himself to temptation in Eden, he yielded his dominion over the earth given him by the Creator. Satan holds this dominion, in fact, but not by right, for man had no authority to yield that which he held in trust from God. Jesus came to win back the lost possession by giving His life to meet the penalty of sin. The devil offered what seemed an easier way. Only worship me, and all shall be Thine. The Master, however, did not yield him homage. Yet many of His professed followers have done so, and through yielding, have themselves become subjects of Satan.
6. We have here one of the best meanings of worship; namely, service. To serve is the highest kind of worship.
7. It is worthy of note that one of the books of the Bible which has been assailed by the "higher critics" was the armory from which our Lord drew all His mighty weapons in this contest with Satan. These three temptations were representative; appetite and the flesh, presumption, and the love of power.
Bible texts in this lesson
Matthew 3:13-999 · Matthew 4:1-11 · Mark 1:9-13 · John 1:32 · Matthew 3:13 · Matthew 3:14 · Matthew 3:15 · Matthew 3:16 · Matthew 3:17 · Matthew 4:1 · Matthew 4:2 · Matthew 4:3 · Matthew 4:4 · Matthew 4:5 · Matthew 4:6 · Matthew 4:7 · Matthew 4:8 · Matthew 4:9 · Matthew 4:10 · Deuteronomy 8:3 · Deuteronomy 6:16 · Deuteronomy 6:13 · 2 Corinthians 4:4
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