Jesus of Nazareth: His life and teachings; founded on the four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manners, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions of His times . plain. Be-tween a life of self-sacrifice, ending in a shameful death, and 102 THE TEMPTATION. [Chap. VII. a career of self-seeking ambition, there was no choosing there was no hesitation. Instantly and indig-nantly Jesus repels the suggestion. It finds no lodgment inhis heart. Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shaltthou serve, is his
Jesus of Nazareth: His life and teachings; founded on the four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manners, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions of His times . plain. Be-tween a life of self-sacrifice, ending in a shameful death, and 102 THE TEMPTATION. [Chap. VII. a career of self-seeking ambition, there was no choosing there was no hesitation. Instantly and indig-nantly Jesus repels the suggestion. It finds no lodgment inhis heart. Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shaltthou serve, is his decisive answer. It is not difficult toconceive with what power of eloquence, inspired by that mo-ment, Christ later preached, Ye can not serve God andmammon. The battle was fought. The victory gained by Satan inthe Garden of Eden was wrested from him in the cross, with all its shame and suftcring, with all its brightbut unseen glory too, was chosen. And from the dark val-ley, where evil spirits hover, and dark suggestions of sin fillthe reluctant ear and torment the oppressed spirit, Jesusemerged into an experience of light, while angels came tominister unto ai.] FIRST FRIENDS. 103
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