Sunday, March 18, 2012

A short study in biblical threes.

When the woman saw that the tree [of knowledge of good and evil] was 
1. good for food,
2. and that it was a delight to the eyes,
3. and that the tree was desirable to make one wise,
she took from its fruit and ate; 
and she gave also to her husband with her, 
and he ate.
Genesis 3:6


Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan [River] and was led around in the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, 
1. and when they had ended, He became hungry. 
1*And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
1`And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'" [Deuteronomy 8:3]
2. And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.
2*And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Therefore, if You bow down before me, it shall all be Yours."
2`Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God and serve Him only.'" [Deuteronomy 6:13]
3. And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 
3* and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here; for it is written, 'He will command His angels concerning you to guard you,' and 'on their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
3`And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the LORD your God to the test.'" [Deuteronomy 6:16]
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time. 
Luke 4:1-13


Then Jesus said to His disciples, 
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, 
1. he must deny himself,
2. and take up his cross
3. and follow Me. 
For whoever wishes to save his soul will lose it, but whoever loses his soul for My sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and 'will then repay every man according to his doings' [probably Septuagint quote from Isaiah 59:18 or Hosea 4:9]. Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."
Matthew 16:24-28 (NASB)


Wherewith shall I come before the LORD and bow myself before the high God?
1. Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
2. Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
3. Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of thee,
1. but to do justly, 
2. and to love mercy, 
3. and to walk humbly with thy God? 
Micah 6:6-8 KJV

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