Today I read Matthew 3-4. But I am going to read ahead a few days soon.
Chapter 3 was about Jesus being baptized. My main focus is verses 13-17. Jesus went tomeet with John the Baptist. John thought that Jesus should baptize him, but you know what Jesus said? "It should be done [that John baptize Jesus], for we must carry out all that God requires."
Notice that? God REQUIRES this. It's not an option. It's not probably going to happen. It WILL happen. Once you are saved you follow up with a baptism. It's how you profess publicly for the first time your new faith in Christ. I LOVE THIS!
God calls down from Heaven that He is proud of His son, He says, "This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy." Amazing right?
Chapter 4 is a little rougher and a lot less easy (harder). Jesus, after His baptism, is sent into the wilderness. He fasts for 40 days and 40 nights and prays. My favorite verse in this chapter is verse 10. Satan is tempting Jesus with th world. He offers all of the kingdoms to Him if He would bow to Satan himself and worhsip him just once.
Jesus says, "Get out of here, Satan, for the scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'"
Then Satan leaves and the Lord's angels come down and take care of Jesus.
Then Jesus begins His ministry. He tells people of who He is and who God is and how they should worship according to God. He tells them to repent and turn to God. And he finds a few of His apostles. The first 4 are brothers. (2 are brothers and the othe 2 are brothers hehe not all 4 brothers :D)
Simon (Peter) and Andrew
and
James and John.
They all just up and left what they were doing to be with Jesus.
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Lanie
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