Lesson Plan for Matthew 4 & Luke 4-5
This week's readings are brimming with lessons about discipleship. They begin with the temptations of Jesus, but to set the stage we must be reminded of how Matthew 3 and Luke 3 end. READ Matthew 3:13-17 "13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Much can be said about these verses, but I want to point out that the culmination of this ordinance for Jesus was a declaration from Heaven that He was God's beloved Son. Interestingl
