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The Story of Jesus
To those who were hungry and thirsty, He would bring a cup of
cold water, and often would give them the food intended for His own
meal.
All this displeased His brothers. They threatened and tried to terrify
Him, but He kept right on, doing as God had said.
Many were the trials and temptations that Jesus had to meet. Satan
was always watching to overcome Him.
If Jesus could have been led to do one wrong act, or to speak one
impatient word, He could not have been our Saviour, and the whole
world would have been lost. Satan knew this, and it was for this reason
that he tried so hard to lead Jesus into sin.
The Saviour was always guarded by heavenly angels, yet His life
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was one long struggle against the powers of darkness. Not one of us
will ever have to meet such fierce temptations as He did.
But to every temptation He had one answer: “It is written.” The
wrongdoing of His brothers He did not often rebuke, but He told them
what God had said.
Nazareth was a wicked town, and the children and youth tried to
have Jesus follow their evil ways. He was bright and cheerful, and
they liked His company.
But His godly principles roused their anger. Often for refusing to
join in some forbidden act, He was called a coward. Often He was
sneered at, as being altogether too particular about little things. To
all this His answer was: “It is written.” “The fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
Job 28:28
. To love
evil is to love death, for “the wages of sin is death.”
Romans 6:23
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Jesus did not contend for His rights. When roughly used, He bore
it patiently. Because He was so willing and uncomplaining, His work
was often made needlessly hard. Yet He was not discouraged for He
knew that God smiled upon Him.
His happiest hours were found when alone with nature and with
God. When His work was done, He loved to go into the fields, to
meditate in the green valleys, to pray to God on the mountainside, or
amid the trees of the forest.
He listened to the lark caroling forth music to its Creator, and His
voice joined the song of joyful praise and thanksgiving.
With the voice of singing He welcomed the morning light. The
break of day often found Him in some quiet place, thinking about God,
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