Matthew 3-5

Name: Erin Christina Elliott Today’s Date: 4/24/10


Course: New Testament

Class Hour: MWF 12:45-1:45





Reading Block: Matt. 3-5

Doctrines and Principles:

• Be perfect as our Father in Heaven is perfect(Matthew 5:48)
• Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7)
• Christ had to be baptized to fulfill all righteousness (Matthew 3:15)

Thoughts, Impressions, Ideas for Application:

• Christ was tempted. We are all tempted. We should stand strong as Christ did. “Get thee hence Satan” is the phrase that Christ used and that I as well try to use in my life. I do not just say it to myself, but when I am in a situation where I feel like a friend is pressuring me I find myself saying out loud “Get thee hence Satan”. I know that I need to withstand temptation and all the trials that come to me. Using Christ’s example is what we should all use, as we all are striving to be more like Christ.
• Often times when I read about how God says that he is well pleased in Christ I wonder if he is up there watching me thinking about me, his daughter, and if he is well pleased in me. I try, I stumble, I fall, but I get back up. Just as I am trying my best to make my parents back home pleased in me, I can’t help but want to do anything and everything to make sure that my Father in Heaven is also pleased in me.
• I am the light of the world. A lot of pressure in the sentence. I am told not to hide my light, and sometimes I do find myself that I am hiding it. Trying to be someone I am not and changing who I am for other people to try to fit in. A quote that I once heard sticks out to me “why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out” I know I was born to stand out and be a daughter of God. I need to let my light so shine for all to see. I know who I am and I know Gods plan, and I will try my best to be who I need to be.