Life of Christ – Part 3 Wilderness and Calling of Disciples

Theme for the life of Christ: “Jesus came to ______the true nature of Yahweh, the father, and to show us how to be ______Him”

And what did the life of Jesus, the image of the father look like? ______

The Wilderness Temptation Matthew 4:1-2, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-2, John does not even mention the wilderness temptation.

First, Jesus was full of the ______:

Brian Simmons: “The last time Noah released a dove from the ark it flew and never returned. It flew throughout history over Abraham and the patriarchs, over the prophets and kings with no place to rest, until at last, there was a heavenly man who carried the life of Heaven – upon him the dove (Holy Spirit) rested and remained.”

It was the Spirit of God that led him to a wilderness place  He did NOT lead him into ______

Wilderness: Hebrew: midhbar  denoting not a barren desert but a district or region suitable for pasturing sheep and cattle ( Psalms 65:12 ; Isaiah 42:11 ; Jeremiah 23:10 ; Joel 1:19 ; 2:22 ); an uncultivated place.

We all need a wilderness experience to find our ______nature

Secondly, we know He fasted for 40 days and nights:

Fasting is not just going without food. Fasting is not sitting in front of the TV or skipping lunch break and working through lunch because you’re not eating.

Fasting Biblically is:  Going without ______for a spiritual purpose

It’s purpose is to solely bring us into a deeper, more intimate relationship with God.

Luke 4:3 Matthew 4:3

The temptation is ALWAYS to ______your way rather than God’s way

But the first tactic of the Satan is always against your ______. “IF YOU ARE the son of God” Luke 23:8 Luke 4:4 Matthew 4:4

Matthew 4:5-7: Again, attacks His identity as the Son of God…using scripture to push Him into ______

Matthew 4:8-9 This temptation is very important.  First of all, it’s a lie.  Secondly, we see that these temptations, or at least this one, was ______

John, the beloved, summarizes the three avenues that the Satan uses, and it only uses these three: 1 John 2:16 the ______of the flesh the lust of the ______the ______of life

Matthew 4:11 ______

The calling of the Disciples:

John 1:35-36 - This is the day after the water baptism

The two disciples of John who left John and followed Jesus are ______the beloved and ______

John 1:40-41 John 1:43-44 - This is the second day after the baptism John 1:45

This all happens within two days of the water baptism of Christ by John

Then on the third day, we have his first miracle BEFORE THE WILDERNESS

John 2:1-2

So Jesus now has five disciples:  John  ______ Peter  ______ Nathanael

John 2:12

Andrew, Peter, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, worked as ______.

Thomas, Nathaniel and Philip may have also worked as fishermen.

Matthew, called Levi in Luke, worked as a tax collector for the Roman government. H

Simon was known as the Zealot. Zealots engaged in politics and anarchy, attempting to overthrow the Roman government.

Judas served as the treasurer in Jesus' band

The Bible provides no information on the professions of Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Thaddaeus or James, the son of Alphaeus.

Assignments:

Read Matthew 5-6. Study the Sermon on the mount. Answer the following questions as you read:

1. How do the beatitudes differ than human nature? ______

2. How does the analogy of salt and light make sense to you? ______

3. How does Jesus “fulfill” the law of Moses? ______

4. Why do you think divorce is included when talking about the Kingdom? ______

5. How does the “Lords Prayer” become personal to you? (break it down) ______

6. What lesson is Jesus teaching us about worrying? ______