21. What did Joseph do? Where was the land of Israel, and what were its divisions? (Sec Map.) 22. Who did he hear was reigning in Judea? and who was this king? Repeat. course, and why? How did this affect his in what part of the land of Israel is Galilee? Why was he safer in Galilee than in Judea? 23. Where did he dwell? In what part of the land is this? Why would they choose to go to Nazareth? What prophecy was thus fulfilled? Did any prophecy expressly say this? What then is the meaning? and mention any prophecy tha conveys this idea. (Isa. liii. 2, 7, 8.) How long did our Lord remain at Nazareth? What opinion had the Jews of this place? and how was th term used? LESSON III. MATT. III. 1-12. What is the next event in Matthew's history, and by whom els recorded? (Part II., § 14.) Where had Christ gone, before, at 12 years of age? (§ 13. Se Luke ii. 41-52.) 1. Who announced our Lord's Public Ministry Repeat to vs. 15. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: nothwithstanding, be ing warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might o fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Naza rene. CHAPTER III 1. In those days came Joun the Baptist, preaching in the wildern of Judea, What is meant by those days? and why was John caled the Baptist? Who were his parents? and how long before Christ was he born? (See Luke i. 36.) How old was our Lord now? and how had He been employed at Nazareth? Where did John preach, and what district of country was this? 2. What did John say? What is Repentance unto Life? Why should every one repent? How was the coming of the kingdom of heaven a reason why men should repent? On what only ground does God forgive sin? What is Justification? What is meant by the kingdom of heaven? le that kingdom now set up in the world, and who belong to it? What doth God require of us that we may escape His wrath and curse due to us for sin ? 3. What prophet had spoken of John? What prophecy is here referred to? How long before John, did Isaiah prophesy? How did this prophecy apply to this event? How many persons are there in the Godhead? 4. Of what was John's clothing made? Of what was this dress the sign, and why was it appropriate to How was this dress fastened? What did he eat for food? What were these locusts, and how were they prepared in the What is wild honey? 2 And saving, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of on crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, nake his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern irdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5. Who went out to John? Repeat to vs. 7. 6. What was done to these people? What did the ceremony mean? How do we infer the mode of baptism from the truths it was meant to express? What is baptism? and to whom is it to be administered? What did the people confess? What is sin? and what did their confession mean? 7. Who came to be baptized? Repeat to vs. 10. Who were the Pharisees, and what was their character? Who were the Sadducees, and what doctrine did they hold? What did John say to them? What is a viper, and what did he mean by calling them a gene ration of ripers? Why was it strange that these men should come? What is the wrath to come, and what doth every sin deserve? What doth God require of us that we may escape His wrath and curse due to us for sin ? 8. What did John tell them to do? What is meant by fruits meet for repentance? Why did he demand these? What is Repentance unto Life, and how is it proved to be genuine? 9. What further did John tell them? Why did they boast that Abraham was their father? Can any such boast of succession and descent save us? How was such a hope proved to be groundless in this case? 10. What else did John say? Repeat to the close. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But when lie saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham 'o our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to rate va children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unte the reot of the trees; the What reference is here to Malachi's prophecy? What does Luke's narrative add? Whom did he mean by the trees, and what did he mean by the are laid at the root? What was now to be done? Who are represented by the trees here described? Into what estate did the Fall bring mankind? What is the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? What is done with useless trees? What doth every sin deserve? What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? 11. What did John baptize with? and how aid he speak of one to come after him? How did he express his own inferiority? Describe the shoes then worn, and the meaning of this expression. What was that One to baptize with? What reference is here to Malachi's prophecy? What is the difference between these kinds of baptism? What resemblance is there in the mode of baptism? 12. What was in His hand, and how would He use it? What was a fan? and explain its use in Judea. What was the floor, and what does it here mean? What was to be done with the grain, and what with the chaff? What do these terms signify-garner, wheat and chaff? 25, 46.) (Matt. xiii. 49, 50. every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cas into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but ne will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. LESSON IV. Baptism of Christ, and Temptation of Christ. What section is the next in order? (§ 15.) 13. To whom did Jesus come to be baptized ? Repeat to the close of the chapter. In what direction did he come, and where was John? Why did He thus present Himself? 14. What did John do and say? What did he mean? Were John and Jesus relatives, and how? 15. What did Jesus answer? What did He mean by this? Did John baptize Him, and where? 16. What took place, and what was seen "as He prayed?" (See Luke's narrative.) 17. What was heard? Whose voice was this, and how was it an important testimony to Christ? How many persons are there in the Godhead? How was the Trinity of persons here shown? Who is the Redeemer of God's elect? What is Justification? CHAP. IV. What section here follows in the history of our Lord? (§ 16.) and where else is this recorded? 1. Where was Jesus now led up, and by whom? 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. CHAPTER IV. 1 THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be temp ed of the devil. |