Jesus, Baptized & Tempted

At this time we want to look at the first acts of our Lord as He began His public ministry. We will be looking at Jesus in relation to His beginning to lay the foundation of our salvation. We are going to look at His baptism by John, and His temptation in the Wilderness. In Jesus' baptism we see God's approval of Jesus; the pleasure that God the Father took in observing His holy life. And in the temptation of Jesus, we find the Devil's disapproval, that God's Son had now entered upon His ministry to seek and to save sinners. Even as Jesus, early in His ministry, was observed with pleasure by His Father and with displeasure by the Devil, in terms of His obedience; even so, every true Christian's obedience in baptism, and their resisting the temptations of the Devil are observed with pleasure by God the Father and with displeasure by the Devil. There are lessons that flow from this that every Christian must learn. The question that I want to ask in relation to this subject is this: How are the acts of Christ's obedience and His testing which He went through, lessons to us as Christians in regard what we should expect in living our Christian life to God? The answer is – These acts of Christ's obedience and His testing teach every Christian the following 3 lessons. 1st of all – You should see your own need to be baptized. 2nd – You should see that you will be tested and tempted following your baptism. And 3rd – As a true Christian your faith will be confirmed after you pass the test by Christ's grace.