| Bethlehem, 48:This, Christ gave in the victory of the three temptations. Then, only after this evidencedBethlehem, 89:baptism could give, and through the subsequent temptations in the wilderness. Ready for His work,Bethlehem, 96:[96] the process of baptism, and through the temptations which followed, He evidenced His maturity,Bethlehem, 105:His triumphant passing of the tests of the three temptations He demonstrated the needed purity. TheBethlehem, 106:Christ was purified. But ahead of Him lay the temptations. He had [107] to become in HisBethlehem, 108:could He have fallen into sin? Did He meet these temptations as the omnipotent Son of God, or didBethlehem, 109:V, 48.) and some day we too shall meet the temptations in the wilderness and also come forth as He,Bethlehem, 110:as Christ was concerned, was that these three temptations were climaxing tests, in which the threeBethlehem, 110:lower nature were involved. They were synthetic temptations. In them was no petty, trifling, sillyBethlehem, 113:In these last two the problem of the three temptations is summed up. These dualities have also beenBethlehem, 113:God. We shall see, in our study of these three temptations, how clearly the distinctions betweenBethlehem, 113:between the dualities emerge. Christ, in the temptations, could not contradict Himself; and thusBethlehem, 113:and its tests, undefiled by the flesh and its temptations, and liberated from the sins of theBethlehem, 114:words are studied in connection with Christ's temptations, the wonder of what He did emerges, andBethlehem, 115:can be overcome by the powers of the soul. These temptations can be understood very simply by allBethlehem, 115:ever recognized. We shall consider these three temptations in the order given by St. Matthew, whichBethlehem, 115:John does not refer to them at all. These three temptations tested out all the three aspects ofBethlehem, 116:two interesting facts connected with all these temptations. Each of them begins with "If" on theBethlehem, 119:as we take up the consideration of these three temptations, how in the first temptation Christ wasBethlehem, 120:and schools of thought. These are peculiarly the temptations of the aspirants of the world today.Bethlehem, 120:of the rightness of their position. The temptations which come to the advanced souls in the worldBethlehem, 127:He overcame the evil one. Primarily, both temptations lay in the region of desire. The call is toBethlehem, 128:purpose and to choose, was under test. Such temptations do not come to the little-developed, andFire, 1175:who can surmount its problems and withstand its temptations. This inner round has a peculiar appealGlamour, 80:are these glamors, my brothers ? Study the three temptations of Jesus, if you would know clearlyHealing, 671:A close but esoteric study of the three temptations of the Christ will reveal three major occasionsHealing, 671:of the Master Jesus; the story of the three temptations indicated the taking of a still higherHealing, 672:work out in relation to the [672] three temptations; in so doing much light would be thrown on theMagic, 353:body. After baptism there remain the three temptations, demonstrating the complete control of thePsychology1, 276:a just reward, seems too far away to offset the temptations of the outer environing world and thePsychology1, 276:the man himself. That many do withstand the "temptations of the flesh" is indeed wonderfully true.Rays, 7:through tests, through trials, and through temptations for those final stages in development whichReappearance, 131:love could control it. Part of the three great temptations of the Christ in the wilderness was |
