The New Testament Witness to Christ and His Kingdom, Student Workbook, SW13

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T H E N E W T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

a. Grueling forty-day fast in the desert

b. The devil’s timing in the temptation

c. Not mere formality; authentic temptation of his person

2. Demonic casting of doubt on the sonship of Jesus Christ

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a. If you are the Son of God, command these stones to be made bread.

(1) Solicited Jesus to abuse of power

(2) Jesus’ reply: Deut. 8.3

b. If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.

(1) Taken to Jerusalem, placed on a pinnacle of the Temple; solicited an unnecessary test of God’s promise (quoted Ps. 91.11-12)

(2) Jesus’ reply: Deut. 6.16

3. Demonic suggestion of greed: All these [i.e., the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them] I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me , v. 9.

a. The offer of personal glory and power

b. Jesus’ reply: Deut. 6.13-14