Tammy’s Sunday school lesson Matthew4, Luke 4-5
February 5, 2023
Matthew CHAPTER 4
Jesus fasts forty days and is
tempted—He begins His ministry, calls disciples, and heals the sick.
1 Then
was Jesus aled up
of the Spirit into the wilderness bto be ctempted of
the devil.
JST
1 Then Jesus was led up of the Spirit, into the wilderness, to be with God.
2 And
when he had afasted bforty days
and forty nights, che was
afterward an hungred.
·
Why
did Jesus fast?
·
Why
do we fast?
·
Any
personal experiences with fasting?
3 And
when the atempter came
to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be
made bbread.
This is the first utterance of Satan
recorded in the New Testament.
“From His youth, Jesus seemed to be aware that He
had a unique, sacred mission. But as Jesus prepared to begin His earthly
ministry, the adversary sought to plant doubt in the Savior’s mind. “If thou be the
Son of God,” Satan said (Luke 4:3, italics added).”
·
What
was Satan trying to accomplish by saying, “If thou be the son of God…” [trying
to get Jesus to question his identity]
·
Why
did Satan want Jesus to doubt His divine identity?
“But the Savior had communed with His Father in
Heaven. He knew the scriptures, and He knew who He was.”
·
How
does Satan try to get us to doubt our own divine identity (that we are children
of God)?
·
Why
is it important for us to always remember that we are children of God?
4 But
he answered and said, It is written, aMan shall
not blive by cbread alone,
but by every dword that
proceedeth out of the emouth of
God.
Temptation of the flesh, appetites (body)
·
What
are some temptations of the flesh (of the body) that we face today?
5 aThen the
devil taketh him up into the bholy city,
and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
JST
5 Then Jesus was taken up into the holy city, and the Spirit setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple.
6 aAnd saith unto
him, bIf thou
be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his
angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest
at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
JST
6 Then the devil came unto him and said, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it
is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands
they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus
said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not atempt the
Lord thy God.
Temptations of pride, vanity (mind)
·
What
are some temptations of pride and vanity (of the mind) that we face today?
8 aAgain,
the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all
the bkingdoms of
the world, and the glory of them;
9 aAnd saith unto him,
All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
JST
8 And again, Jesus was in the Spirit, and it taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
showeth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them.
JST
9 And the devil came unto him again,
and said, All these things will I
give unto thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then
saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, aSatan:
for it is written, Thou shalt bworship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then
the devil leaveth him, aand,
behold, bangels came
and ministered unto him.
Temptations of materialism, worldliness
·
What
are some temptations of materialism and worldliness that we face today?
“Sometimes
people feel guilty when they are tempted to sin. But even the Savior, who lived
“without sin” (Hebrews 4:15),
was tempted. Jesus Christ knows the temptations we face and how to help us
overcome them (see Hebrews 2:18; Alma 7:11–12).”
·
How
did Jesus resist temptation?
·
How
can we resist temptation?
“To Jesus, Satan’s offer—“All this power will I
give thee” (Luke 4:6)—was a hollow one, for the Savior’s lifelong preparation
allowed Him to receive “the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). So despite temptation, trials, and rejection, Jesus Christ
never wavered from His appointed work: “I must preach the kingdom of God … for
therefore am I sent” (Luke 4:43).”
After speaking of the temptations the Savior faced in the
wilderness, President David O. McKay identified three categories of temptations:
“(1) A temptation of the appetite or passion;
“(2) A yielding to pride, fashion, or vanity;
“(3) A desire
for worldly riches or power and dominion over lands or earthly possessions of
men” (Teachings of Presidents of the
Church: David O. McKay [2003], 82).
Fishers of men
Luke CHAPTER 5
Peter,
the fisherman, is called to catch men—Jesus heals a leper—He forgives sins and
heals a paralytic—Matthew is called—The sick need a physician—New wine must be
put in new bottles.
1 And
it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God,
he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
2 And
saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them,
and were washing their nets.
3 And
he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he
would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people
out of the ship.
4 Now
when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a adraught.
5 And
Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have atoiled all
the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the
net.
6 And
when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their
net abrake.
7 And
they beckoned unto their partners,
which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they
came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
8 When
Simon Peter saw it, he
fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O
Lord.
9 For
he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes
which they had taken:
10 And
so was also
James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus
said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt acatch men.
11 And
when they had brought their ships to land, they aforsook all,
and bfollowed him.
Matthew chapter 4
18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they
were afishers.
19 And
he saith unto them, aFollow me,
and I will make you bfishers of men.
JST
18 And he said unto them, I am he of whom it is written
by the prophets; follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men.
20 And
they straightway left their nets,
and afollowed him.
21 And
going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of aZebedee,
and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets;
and he bcalled them.
22 And
they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
“President
Ezra Taft Benson taught, “Men and women who turn their lives over to God will
discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can” (Teachings of Presidents of the
Church: Ezra Taft Benson [2014], 42).
Note how this happened to Simon Peter and his fellow fishermen. Jesus saw
something greater in them than they saw in themselves. He wanted to make them
“fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19;
see also Luke 5:10).
· What do we learn from Peter, Andrew, James, and John?
·
How
have you felt Jesus inviting you to follow Him?
·
How
can you show the Lord that you are willing to forsake all things to follow Him?
(see Luke 5:11).
· What must we forsake or sacrifice to follow Jesus Christ and become His disciples?
·
When
have you demonstrated faith, without a complete understanding?
·
What
was the outcome?
Luke CHAPTER 5
Healing of leprous man
12 ¶ And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man
full of aleprosy:
who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord,
if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And
he put forth his hand,
and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy
departed from him.
14 And
he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the apriest,
and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto
them.
15 But
so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came
together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
Matthew chapter 4: 23-25 –
Jesus healing the sick
23 ¶ And Jesus went about all aGalilee, bteaching in
their synagogues, and cpreaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and dhealing all
manner of esickness and
all manner of disease among the fpeople.
JST
22 And Jesus went about all Galilee
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom; and
healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of diseases among the people which believed on his name.
24 And
his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people
that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were
possessed with adevils,
and those which were lunatic, and those that had the bpalsy;
and he chealed them.
25 And
there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis,
and from Jerusalem,
and from Judæa,
and from beyond
Jordan.
Continuing Luke chapter 5:
Healing of paralyzed man
18 ¶ And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was ataken with a palsy:
and they sought means to
bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And
when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the
multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling
with his couch
into the midst before Jesus.
20 And
when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are aforgiven thee.
21 And
the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which
speaketh ablasphemies?
Who can bforgive sins,
but God alone?
The
scribes and Pharisees are questioning Jesus’ authority to forgive sins.
22 But
when Jesus aperceived their
thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 aWhether is
easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Jesus asks which is easier to say – to
forgive sins or to say be healed and walk.
24 But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to aforgive sins,
(he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy
couch, and go into thine house.
·
How
did Jesus show that He has the power to forgive sins?
(Jesus shows that He is the son of God
and therefore has power to forgive by commanding the paralyzed man to rise up and
walk and be healed.)
25 And
immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and
departed to his own house, aglorifying God.
26 And
they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear,
saying, We have seen strange things to day.
·
What
is significant about Jesus first forgiving the paralyzed man’s sins before he
healed him?
(spiritual healing is more important
than physical healing– spiritual ailments are eternal, physical ailments are
temporary)
The whole need no physician
27 ¶ And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican,
named aLevi,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And
he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And
Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of
publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30 But
their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye
eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31 And
Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but
they that are sick.
32 I
came not to call the righteous, but asinners to
repentance.
Fasting
33 ¶ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John afast often,
and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine
eat and drink?
34 And
he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the abridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But
the days will come, when the abridegroom shall
be taken away from them, and then shall they bfast in
those days.
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