Baptism & TemptationThe Jordan River & the Wilderness

Baptism

Luke 1:16-17 (NIV)

Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous — to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Malachi 4:5-6 (NIV)

See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers;

Matthew 3:3 (Isaiah 40:3) (NIV)

"A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'"

Mark 1:4-5 (NIV)

John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Romans 6: 3-4 (NIV)

Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Tempation

FirstDenied God’s Provision

Deuteronomy 8:4b (NIV)

Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

SecondChallenged God’s Rule Over… Everything

Luke 4:5-6 (NIV)

The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.

Luke 4:8 (Deuteronomy 6:13) (NIV)

“It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”

ThirdChallenged God’s Character

Psalm 91:11-12 (NIV)

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Luke 4:12 (NIV)

Jesus answered, “It says: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”