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Battle between good and evil Matthew 4 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter Jesus faced Satan s challenge in the wilderness before he began His public ministry. Read Matthew 4:1-11 came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. 4Jesus answered, It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Throughout Jesus ministry we see the conflict between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. point of the temple.6 If you are the Son of God, he said, throw yourself down. For it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 7Jesus answered him, It is also written: Do not put the Lord your God to the test. 5Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest This is in line with earlier attempts of Satan to destroy God s plan Satan s rebellion, the temptation in the Garden of Eden Pharaoh s attempt to kill all the male babies of the Hebrews Herod s killing of the children at the time of Jesus birth kingdoms of the world and their splendor.9 All this I will give you, he said, if you will bow down and worship me. 10Jesus said to him, Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only. 11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him. 8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the Jesus didn t fall for temptations. Do you?

Jesus 3-years of ministry on earth Jesus went around in public. And he invested most of his time in 12 disciples . A disciple is a person who accepts and assists spreading teachings of another person (student, follower, friend). Mark 1 16As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.17 Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish What kind of people did Jesus call as followers / friends? Read Mark 1:16-20 Common, ordinary people, most of them fishermen for people. 18At once they left their nets and followed him. 19When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.20Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.19 Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people. 20At once they left their nets and followed him. Spirit,20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Matthew 4 18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were has been given to me.19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Acts 1 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you Matthew 28 18Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth What were the disciples being prepared for? Matthew 4:18-20 to be fishers of men Matthew 28:18-20 to make other disciples Acts 1:8 to be witnesses

Jesus compassion, authority, power, and miracles Luke 4 33In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,34 Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God! 35 Be quiet! Jesus said sternly. Come out of him! Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him. 36All the people were amazed and said to each other, What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out! 37And the news about him this crowd. 14(About five thousand men were there.) Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, Don tcry. 14Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, Young man, I say to you, get up! 15The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus. 20When Jesus saw their faith, he said, Friend, your sins 39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, Quiet! Be still! In what ways Jesus shows His divine (godly) qualities? cast out demons - Luke 4:33-36 healed the sick - Luke 4:38-40 miraculously fed the hungry - Luke 9:12-17 raised the dead - Luke 7:11-15 forgave sins - Luke 5:17-20 calmed storms Mark 4:35-39 spread throughout the surrounding area. But he said to his disciples, Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each. 15The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.16Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.17They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. are forgiven. Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. Luke 4 38Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.39So he bent over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began to wait on them. 40At sunset, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. only five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.13When the Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.18Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.19When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and swamped.38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, Teacher, don tyou care if we drown? Luke 9 12Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here. 13He replied, You give them something to eat. They answered, We have dead person was being carried out the only son of his mother, and she were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from 35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, Let us go over to the other side. 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly Luke 7 11Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.12As he approached the town gate, a 17One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law Mark 4 Luke 5

What was the central theme of Jesus teaching? Read Mark 1:14-15 Mark 1 14Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.15 The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news! The central theme was: the Kingdom of God, God s rule. Jesus declared that the reign of God had come in Him (Jesus).

Responses and Expectations What were the responses people had toward Jesus? And what did the people in Jesus day expect or want from Him? Read Matthew 16:13-16 and John 6:15. some thought he was John the Baptist some thought he was one of the prophets raised from the dead some believed he was the deliverer, some did not believe some wanted to make him King Messiah, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16 13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, Who do people say the Son of Man is? 14They replied, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. 15 But what about you? he asked. Who do you say I am? 16Simon Peter answered, You are the John 6 15Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

John 14:6 Jesus said, "I am the Road, also the Truth, also the Life. No one gets to the Father apart from me.

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