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HIS chapter gives us an account of the
temptation of Christ in the wilderness, the calling of 4 of His disciples
(Peter, Andrew, James & John) & the His initial influence in Galilee.
Part of the plan of redemption;
part of the reason for the incarnation of the eternal Son of God was so that He
could be tempted & tried. After Jesus' baptism, the Spirit of God guided
Him away from society for an extended period of solitude & spiritual
preparation. Jesus communed with His heavenly Father for 40 days (in the wilderness).
Afterward, Satan himself came to Christ to resist Him. With 3 different
carrots, Lucifer attempted to entice Christ to sin. While Jesus had no sinful
nature & therefore, He could not be tempted with evil (especially from
within), He was genuinely tested by the offering of these things. And in every
case, the tool which He used (to do battle with the devil) was His written
Word.
Now, Jesus was a Galilean. But He
had been reared in Nazareth. According to Isaiah 9:1-2, the Messiah had to be from
Galilee. So, He moved approximately 20 miles to the northeast, to Capernaum. There He
met 4 anglers & took them under His wing in order to begin training them
for an apostolic ministry. Then, His ministry moved into full swing.
He began teaching, preaching, healing & exorcising. John had prepared the
way for Him & (no surprise) hordes of people began to follow Jesus.
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