Scripture Studies: Baptism, temptation, mission and ministry

John didn’t baptize, he did what?

Purified people of their sins (Jewish ritual)

John told people to _____ ____ _____ before being baptized.

repent their sins

Jews reflected before the ____ __ _____ on sins.

sunrise of the Sabbath

Baptism

Acknowledging/strengthening baby’s future sinfulness

Who said “repent, the kingdom of Heaven is at hand”?

John the Baptist

John ate the _____ of foods like ____ and ______.

simplest, locusts, honey

Essenes

Spiritual sects of Jews devoted to Judaism who choose to live apart from society to avoid sin (focused on writings of prophets and God’s promise of the Messiah), would preach to repent because Jesus was near

Essenes lived where?

Where the Jordan River met the Dead Sea

Who found the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Boys playing in caves

Dead Sea Scrolls

Show lessons learned from the prophet Jesus

_____ shows nothing about Jesus’s childhood.

Mark

Scapegoat

The one who takes the blame for others

“Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:14) refers to whom?

Jesus

The _____ and ______ are in all the Gospels.

Passion, Transfiguration

The last moment of Jesus’ public life =

when he was crucified

The first moment of Jesus’s public life =

“the lamb”

Jesus doesn’t need to be baptized, but is _____ ___ (to take sins away).

choosing to

Jesus _____ to die for our sins.

chose

The Holy Spirit came down LIKE a _____.

dove

The Holy Spirit came down LIKE a _____, God said “this is my _____ for with whom I’m well pleased” (like a ______), and Jesus was ______ is the only part of the Bible where the full ______ is present.

dove, son, father, baptized, trinity

Jesus’s _____ is the only place where the Holy Spirit is actively involved.

baptism

The message preached by John

“Repent! The Kingdom is upon us!”

John is an _____.

essene

John thinks the ____ are ”_____”, or Devils.

saducees, “vipers”

Matthew 3:10 = Everything is already ______ by God, meaning all evil will go to _____.

determined, Hell

What' about Jesus’s baptism is common in all four gospel accounts?

There’s a dove that comes upon Jesus and baptizes Jesus.

What’s unique about the baptism in Matthew?

He mentions Jesus needs to fulfill scripture (4:13) and shows Jesus is God’s son (4:17)

What’s unique about the baptism in Mark?

Jesus is God’s son (1:11) and Jesus is very holy (1:10-11)

What’s unique about the baptism in Luke?

Heaven specifically came upon Jesus LIKE a dove (3:21) and Jesus had to pray and reflect like a good, holy man (3:21)

What’s unique about the baptism in John?

A dove comes down on Jesus to tell John to baptize him, not after he baptized him (1:32)

What is revealed about Jesus during the baptism and how is it revealed?

Jesus is holy through the dove that comes upon him before or after he’s baptized

In Jesus’s baptism, a dove is used to show Jesus is _____ and to tell John to _____ him.

holy, baptize

In Jesus’s baptism, John baptizing with water means what, while Jesus baptizing with the holy spirit means what?

John saves people and brings them into the Church on Earth, while Jesus accepts people, not just into the Church, but into Heaven.

Why is the scene of Jesus’s baptism important enough to be included in all four versions of the gospel?

It shows Jesus’s holiness, it shows his service to others even though he’s a king, and it shows he’s human because he has to be baptized.

Theological observation: What makes the baptism scene unique?

It can show the trinity being together with Jesus, the holy spirit as a dove, God speaking, and it shows Jesus is human and divine at the same time.

Why was Jesus baptized?

He wanted to show he’s also human and must first be accepted into a religion in order to lead it, and he chose to be baptized in order to in the future die for our sins.

What is common in all four Gospels with John the Baptist’s story?

John is asked if he’s the Messiah, John isn’t the Messiah but the one who paves the way for Jesus, John baptizes with water while Jesus baptized with the Holy Spirit, and it’s prophesied in scripture about John and Jesus.

What’s unique about John the Baptist’s story in Matthew?

John preaches humbleness and serving others, and it mentions the Jewish scriptures being fulfilled.

What’s unique about John the Baptist’s story in Mark?

John preaches that he’s below Jesus and is serving, and Jesus will baptize with much more than water which John baptizes with.

What’s unique about John the Baptist’s story in Luke?

John is rejoiced at birth and is therefore an important figure, it is prophesied John will be a prophet, John preaches forgiveness of sins and he’ll pave Jesus’s way, John preaches to be satisfied and to not attack anyone, John preaches the servant of God will be someone unexpected, mentions Abraham’s covenant, and John preaches not all “holy’ people will be accepted into Heaven.

What’s unique about John the Baptist’s story in John?

John isn’t the Messiah and is under someone more powerful

What is John’s role in God’s plan of Salvation? What function does he fill?

John is the one to pave the way for the Messiah, Jesus. John gains followers for Jesus, John serves Jesus to get him followers, and only great power comes from Heaven.

What is the basic message preaches by John?

Follow Jesus, be humble, be unexpectant of what a “king may be (since people thought Jesus would be a rich king, but he was humble).

John uses his baptizing with water to show what?

He’s wordly and Jesus’s baptizing with the Holy Spirit shows Jesus is divine.

John’s barn analogy means what?

Jesus will die soon, but his body will carry on boldy (Matthew 3:12).

Jesus’s analogy of a king with fine clothes means what?

Not all kings have to be rich because Jesus is a king and he’s humble (Matthew 11:8-10).

John saying the sandals of Jesus analogy shows what?

John thinks he’s not even worthy to be Jesus’s servant because Jesus is so holy (Mark 1:7).

Jesus’s mission and ministry focus on what?

The Kingdom

Man is formed out of the stuff of the _____.

Earth

How do we know man is formed out of the stuff of the Earth?

God breathed life into man (Genesis 2)

____ ______ is created in God’s image.

Spiritual Nature

Before man, God created his _____ (no ____ or ____).

Earth, death, sin

Jesus’s Mission

To restore spirituality and help us repent for our sins

Jesus teaches to restore the ____ _____.

Earthly kingdom

Jesus teaches to ____, teach, and treat God and _____ well.

repent, others

Repent

To restore the Earthly kingdom

Humans need to be fixed (_____) to start to restore.

repent

Our choices that satisfy ourselves do what?

Blow our image God created

“Be perfect, just as your heavenly father is perfect” means what?

We’re made in God’s image and are capable of being perfect (or almost)

Jesus teaches what?

How to restore ourselves

“Get up and walk” shows what about Jesus?

He shows his ability to forgive sins without showing people (more spirituality heals)

“A” part of Jesus’s lessons

What’s been taught before

“B” part of Jesus’s lessons

New teachings

Beauitudes

Teachings of forgiveness, image shown of heavenly and Earthly kingdom if we showed forgiveness

Sermonettes

Beatitudes, Dependence on God (Matthew 7), the Two Foundations (Matthew 7)

God will ______ for his children through other children helping other children.

provide

Dependence on God Sermonette

Seek the kingdom and help others

the Two Foundations Sermonette

Don’t just hear Jesus’s words, but act on them so your “house” can’t be blown down

Humans need to start with restoring their ___ ____ to restore the Earthly kingdom.

own image

Acting upon what Jesus says is so important and you just have to ___ ___. It doesn’t take a lot of _____.

do it, work

The Devil puts Jesus’s values and principles to the test by challenging his ______.

integrity

Value

Something that is basically important; anything that we cherish

Principle

A fundamental belief or way of acting about that which is basically important

If you want to state a value, you only need a _____.

noun

If you want to state a principle, you must state a ______ with a _____ (like a law/commandment based on the value).

sentence

Be _____ with your principle.

specific

Integrity

A person of integrity will not violate their principles; they will never destroy their values

Examples of values

Family, God, others (others because of education)

Examples of principles

Family: Be kind to your family, trust your family, respect your family

God: Have faith in God, talk to God (pray), trust in God

Others: Be educated to help others, be kind to others, give to others

Some people have different values, but at least they’re ______ to their values.

integral

Assumed value by Satan of “jumping and angels catching”

Jesus’s self

Actual value by Jesus of “jumping and angels catching”

Don’t test God

Assumed value by Satan of “turning stones to bread”

Jesus’s self

Actual value by Jesus of “turning stones to bread”

Not bread but word/God (people can’t survive off bread alone)

Assumed value by Satan of “worship Satan, get kingdoms”

Jesus’s self

Actual value by Jesus of “worship Satan, get kingdoms”

Only worship God

Jesus valued ___ when he died on the cross.

us

Commandment

Principle

God, the covenant, and the law are all in

Deuteronomy

Satan challenged Jesus’s integrity by doing what?

Putting his tools to the test