1. Temptation & Talmidim
Disciples

2. Shema – Hebrew
Shema Israel, Adonai elohenu – Adonai echad Ve’ahavta et Adonai eloeikah B’khol levavkah Uve’khol naphshekah Uve’khol m’odekah Ve’ahavta le’reacha Kamocha, Amen

3. 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.

4. Temptation

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 2nd Adam Devil follows temptation pattern Jesus passed
“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

9. Highest point of temple?

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 5 disciples came from here
Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip

14. Peter’s mother-in-law’s?

15. Aramos topos – Matthew 5 Barren hilltop Jesus was following Torah
Illegal to trample someone’s field
All good farmland was used

16. Solitary Place
Rabbis would pray “over” their disciples
Mark 1:35

17. Next Week
Synagogue
Luke 4:14-30