Temptation & Talmidim

Disciples

Shema – Hebrew

Shema Israel, Adonai elohenu – Adonai echad

Ve’ahavta et Adonai eloeikahB’khol levavkahUve’khol naphshekahUve’khol m’odekahVe’ahavta le’reacha Kamocha, Amen

Shema

Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God. The Lord alone. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

And Love your neighbor as yourself. Amen.

Temptation

Follows the pattern

• Israelites 40 years in desert• Elijah 40 days/40 nights in the desert• Holy Spirit “drove” Jesus into the desert– Mark 1:12– Similar to Israelites being “driven” into the desert

Pattern of Temptation

• I John 2:16 – “For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does – comes not from the Father but from the world.” NIV

• “because all the things of the world – the desires of the old nature, the desires of the eyes, and the pretensions of life – are not from the Father but from the world.” Jewish Bible

1st Adam

• Genesis 3:6– “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree

was good for food – desires of the old nature– And pleasing to the eye – desires of the eyes– And also desirable for gaining wisdom –

pretensions of life– She took some and ate it. She also gave some to

her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”• They failed

2nd Adam

• Devil follows temptation pattern– “tell this stone to become bread.” – desires of old

nature– “led him up to a high place and showed him” –

desires of the eyes– “throw yourself down from here” – pretentions of

life• Jesus passed• He quotes from lessons Israelites had to learn in

their desert experience

Highest point of temple?

Tamidim – Disciples

• Probably young teenagers• Peter was “primary” disciple – oldest (over 18)• All knew or learning another trade• Some were disciples already– 2 from John the Baptist – John 1:35– Nathanael – John 1:48 – Under the fig tree

• Huge privilege to be a disciple

Sea of Galilee

• 8-10 thousand people in region• All 12 disciples came from here• Not fisherman– Only 11 harbors on entire lake– Maybe 30 fisherman total in 1st Century

• Jesus had 5 fisherman as disciples– Jeremiah 16:16

Bethsaida

• 11 Acres in size• Fishing village• Almost a mile from Sea of Galilee now• In 1st century, harbor was at foot of town• Thousands of fishing items found

• About 600 people– 6-8 extended families

5 disciples came from herePeter, Andrew, James, John, Philip

Peter’s mother-in-law’s?

Aramos topos – Matthew 5

• Barren hilltop• Jesus was following Torah– Illegal to trample someone’s field– All good farmland was used

Solitary Place

• Rabbis would pray “over” their disciples• Mark 1:35

Next Week

• Synagogue• Luke 4:14-30