# From the Water to the Wilderness - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 6 Feb 2024, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 147. John the Baptist lives a simple life in the wilderness, preaching repentance and baptizing those who seek to turn towards God. When Jesus arrives, John baptizes Him, and the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus, with God expressing His pride in His Son. Afterward, Jesus, led by the Spirit, spends 40 days fasting in the wilderness, where He is tempted by the Devil. Despite being offered worldly power and challenged to test God's protection, Jesus remains steadfast, rebuking Satan with scripture and devotion to God alone. Angels then come to care for Jesus. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by
[0:04] Speaker 1: John in the Jordan. Immediately coming up from the water,
[0:07] Speaker 1: he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on
[0:11] Speaker 1: him like a dove. A voice came out of the sky,
[0:14] Speaker 1: You are my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.
[0:18] Speaker 1: Mark 1, 9-11 Dear God, thank you for loving Jesus
[0:25] Speaker 1: so much and for loving us so much that you
[0:27] Speaker 1: sent him to us. Because you did, We know that
[0:31] Speaker 1: he knows how we feel in every situation. You are
[0:36] Speaker 1: so good and so loving. Please help us to learn
[0:39] Speaker 1: even more about your faithfulness in our story of Jesus
[0:43] Speaker 1: in the wilderness today. Thank you. We love you. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:24] Speaker 3: From the water to the wilderness. In our last story,
[1:29] Speaker 3: we learned about Jesus growing up, but also growing in wisdom,
[1:34] Speaker 3: and that he is about his Father's work. In this story,
[1:38] Speaker 3: we return to John the Baptist, who will baptize and
[1:42] Speaker 3: proclaim Jesus as the promised Messiah. And then, Jesus will
[1:46] Speaker 3: be led by the Spirit in the wilderness to be tested,
[1:50] Speaker 3: as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:56] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress
[1:59] Speaker 1: Sadler with the Kids Bible in Ear podcast. I am
[2:02] Speaker 1: so happy you're here. Today we get to know how
[2:05] Speaker 1: Jesus faced an old enemy out in the wilderness and
[2:09] Speaker 1: what he did to win. What's going to happen? Well,
[2:13] Speaker 1: let's jump in and find out.
[2:17] Speaker 3: God led John into the wilderness. Away from his family
[2:21] Speaker 3: and friends, he went out and listened for God. He
[2:24] Speaker 3: lived a modest life with clothes made of camel's hair.
[2:28] Speaker 3: His diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. It was
[2:32] Speaker 3: a simple life. Every day he would wake up and
[2:35] Speaker 3: begin to preach to all those that would listen. His
[2:39] Speaker 3: message was a simple one. Repent of sin and turn
[2:42] Speaker 3: towards God, away from their wicked acts. When people would
[2:47] Speaker 3: come forward asking about how to do this, he would
[2:50] Speaker 3: give them instructions and baptize them. One morning, as he
[2:55] Speaker 3: was preaching, some leaders from the temple came down to him.
[2:59] Speaker 3: Who are you baptizing? Are you the Messiah? John was
[3:04] Speaker 3: in shock that they could even compare him to the Messiah.
[3:07] Speaker 3: He replied, I am not. I prepare the way for
[3:11] Speaker 3: the Messiah. He will come after me. I am nothing
[3:15] Speaker 3: before he who is to come. The day after this exchange,
[3:19] Speaker 3: John was baptizing people down by the Jordan River. Someone
[3:23] Speaker 3: caught his eye as he was looking around at the
[3:25] Speaker 3: crowd between the baptisms.
[3:28] Speaker 2: It was Jesus.
[3:30] Speaker 3: He announced, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes the
[3:34] Speaker 3: sins of the world, the Son of God. Jesus approached
[3:39] Speaker 3: him as the crowd parted for him. He said to John,
[3:42] Speaker 3: Please baptize me. This shocked John. He was in no
[3:47] Speaker 3: place to baptize the Son of God. He protested. But
[3:52] Speaker 3: Jesus insisted. As he baptized Jesus in front of the crowd,
[3:56] Speaker 3: the sky opened and the Holy Spirit came down like
[3:59] Speaker 3: a dove and rested on Jesus' shoulder. A voice spoke,
[4:04] Speaker 3: You are my son. I am proud of you. The
[4:09] Speaker 3: people stood in amazement at what just happened. Jesus got
[4:14] Speaker 3: up and began to follow the Holy Spirit into the wilderness.
[4:18] Speaker 3: While there, He meditated and prayed day and night for
[4:22] Speaker 3: 40 days while he was fasting. He was starving and
[4:26] Speaker 3: exhausted at the end of the 40 days. Suddenly, he
[4:31] Speaker 3: found himself near the temple. A voice spoke to him
[4:34] Speaker 3: and said, If you are the Son of God, turn
[4:38] Speaker 3: these stones into bread. You are starving and must be
[4:42] Speaker 3: quite hungry. Jesus realized that this must be the voice
[4:48] Speaker 3: of the devil, And he responded, God's word says, man
[4:53] Speaker 3: does not live by bread alone, but from the words
[4:57] Speaker 3: from the mouth of God. Next, he found himself on
[5:02] Speaker 3: the highest point of the temple's wall in Jerusalem. It
[5:05] Speaker 3: was a beautiful view from the city of David. As
[5:08] Speaker 3: he looked down, he saw that it was a far
[5:11] Speaker 3: drop with rocks at the bottom. So he made sure
[5:14] Speaker 3: he kept his balance and did not misstep. The voice
[5:18] Speaker 3: spoke up again. If you are God's son, jump. His
[5:23] Speaker 3: word says that angels will take care of you. They
[5:26] Speaker 3: will stop you from falling. It won't hurt a bit.
[5:30] Speaker 3: Jesus thought and understood that the devil did just use scripture.
[5:35] Speaker 3: But Jesus responded, This is true, but God's word also says,
[5:41] Speaker 3: Do not test God. Once again, Jesus found himself someplace else.
[5:47] Speaker 3: This time, on top of a very tall mountain. From there,
[5:52] Speaker 3: all the kingdoms of the earth and their glory appeared
[5:55] Speaker 3: before Jesus. The devil once again spoke to Jesus. I
[6:01] Speaker 3: will give you all you can see. Just bow down
[6:05] Speaker 3: and worship me. Jesus turned and rebuked the devil, calling
[6:09] Speaker 3: him by name. Satan, leave me. God's word is clear
[6:15] Speaker 3: that we are to worship no other, The only one
[6:19] Speaker 3: that we serve is God himself. Satan then left Jesus.
[6:26] Speaker 3: Exhausted and hungry, angels came down and cared for Jesus
[6:31] Speaker 3: and his needs.
[6:37] Speaker 1: Wow, today we learned even more how Jesus is like
[6:41] Speaker 1: his father, God, and why he understands us so well.
[6:46] Speaker 1: Do you remember what happened? Jesus' cousin John was preaching
[6:50] Speaker 1: out in the desert. John wore clothes made out of
[6:53] Speaker 1: camel skin and ate funny bugs called locusts. Dipped in honey?
[6:58] Speaker 3: Ew!
[7:00] Speaker 1: How would you like a big bowl of honey bugs
[7:02] Speaker 1: for breakfast? Yuck! But John didn't care about his food.
[7:07] Speaker 1: He cared about helping people see the truth. John told
[7:11] Speaker 1: everybody they needed to clean up their lives. So he
[7:14] Speaker 1: was washing or baptizing them in the Jordan River. You see,
[7:18] Speaker 1: just like Noah's flood was a picture of God washing
[7:21] Speaker 1: the earth clean of sin, John's baptism was a picture
[7:25] Speaker 1: of God washing hearts clean of sin. Baptism didn't actually
[7:30] Speaker 1: take anyone's sin away. It was just a way people
[7:33] Speaker 1: could show everyone that they loved God and would follow
[7:37] Speaker 1: him no matter what. So when Jesus asked John to
[7:40] Speaker 1: baptize him, he was telling everyone that he loved God
[7:44] Speaker 1: and would follow him no matter what. And do you
[7:48] Speaker 1: remember what happened? After Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit
[7:52] Speaker 1: fell down like a dove and landed on him. Then
[7:56] Speaker 1: God told everyone that Jesus was his son and he
[8:00] Speaker 1: loved him right back, no matter what.
[8:03] Speaker 3: It was awesome.
[8:05] Speaker 1: But afterward, the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness
[8:09] Speaker 1: and there God's enemy died. The devil was waiting. He
[8:14] Speaker 1: understood more than anyone.
[8:16] Speaker 2: Who Jesus really was.
[8:18] Speaker 1: And he knew that if he could get Jesus to sin,
[8:21] Speaker 1: he could hurt God. So he planned to use the
[8:24] Speaker 1: same trick he had been using since the Garden of
[8:28] Speaker 1: Eden to get people to sin. Temptation. What's temptation? It's
[8:33] Speaker 1: when you really want to do something that would make
[8:36] Speaker 1: God sad. Like lying or hurting someone's feelings. Or taking
[8:41] Speaker 1: something that isn't yours. But wanting to do those things
[8:46] Speaker 1: and actually doing those things aren't the same thing. Wanting
[8:51] Speaker 1: to sin isn't sin. It's temptation. Taking action on that
[8:56] Speaker 1: temptation is sinning. And that's how the devil tries to
[9:00] Speaker 1: trick you. But Jesus showed us the way out of
[9:04] Speaker 1: that trick. You see, even though Jesus was God, he
[9:08] Speaker 1: was also a person. like you and me. And God's
[9:12] Speaker 1: enemy came to tempt him when Jesus was tired and
[9:15] Speaker 1: hungry and maybe even a little sunburned. That's because it's
[9:20] Speaker 1: harder to say no when you're tired and hungry and
[9:24] Speaker 1: maybe a little sunburned. But Jesus knew the enemy attacks
[9:28] Speaker 1: when you're feeling weak. So he was ready. He said
[9:32] Speaker 1: no to temptation. And here's how. First, Jesus remembered God's word.
[9:39] Speaker 1: He was hungry, but more than food, he cared about
[9:43] Speaker 1: helping people see the truth. So even though his body
[9:47] Speaker 1: wanted to say yes to the devil's temptation, his mind
[9:51] Speaker 1: went back to where God said, true strength comes from within.
[9:56] Speaker 1: And he said no to the first temptation. second he
[10:01] Speaker 1: remembered who God is the devil tempted Jesus with everything
[10:06] Speaker 1: people usually want more than anything power popularity and money
[10:11] Speaker 1: if he could just turn his back on God but
[10:14] Speaker 1: Jesus knew nothing on earth could be better than God
[10:18] Speaker 1: So he said no to the second temptation. Third, he
[10:22] Speaker 1: knew how God wanted him to act. Jesus knew that
[10:26] Speaker 1: he knew that he loved God and would follow him
[10:30] Speaker 1: no matter what. So when the devil wanted him to
[10:33] Speaker 1: act differently, he said no to the third temptation. And
[10:38] Speaker 1: I am so glad he did. Because when you're tempted
[10:41] Speaker 1: to do something that makes God sad, especially if you're
[10:45] Speaker 1: tired or hungry or even a little sunburned, you can
[10:49] Speaker 1: remember that Jesus knows how you feel. And you can
[10:53] Speaker 1: remember how he said no by knowing God's word. Knowing
[10:58] Speaker 1: God is greater than anything else and knowing how God
[11:01] Speaker 1: wants you to act. And you'll know that you know
[11:05] Speaker 1: God loves you and you can follow him no matter what.
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