Introduction
After overcoming temptation, Jesus starts his work.
Questions
1. What did Jesus use to overcome the temptations?
v 4 But he answered, “It is written, ....
v 7 Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ...
v 10 Then Jesus said to him, ... For it is written, ...
(he used the Old Testament scriptures)
2. What did Jesus say Peter and Andrew could become?
v 19 He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”
3. What did Jesus do in all Galilee?
v 23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness amongst the people.
Summary Points
- v 1 to 11 Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He resists by remembering Old Testament Scriptures and chooses to obey them despite attractive alternatives
- v 12 to 17 Jesus moves to Galilee and starts teaching as predicted by Isaiah. He teaches repentance because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand
- v 18 to 22 Jesus calls James and John to be his disciples.
- v 23 to 25 Jesus preaches and heals. Many people from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and beyond the Jordan follow him