As we continue to review, we see that Jesus began to call His disciples, which we are today if we are Christians. Jesus called simple men from different walks of life to follow Him, and He still does today with the men and women He calls to salvation. Then, Jesus went to John the Baptist to be baptized, setting the example for us. John said that he needed to be baptized by Jesus, and not Jesus by him. Like John, we may at times try to question Jesus, but like John we need to simply learn to listen to and obey Him. We also saw God's endorsement of the baptism, and He will endorse ours today if we have put our faith in Jesus as our Savior and Lord. Some of John's followers were jealous of Jesus, just as some religious leaders are jealous of Jesus today. They were more interested in their own position than they were in Jesus. We know that the Devil tempted Jesus after Jesus' forty days of fasting in the desert, when the Devil thought that Jesus would be at His weakest. We can be certain that the Devil will tempt us with all kinds of things if we put our faith in Jesus and he will tempt us when we are at our weakest point of temptation. Jesus answered the Devil by referring to scripture, which the Devil himself quoted out of context. We need to answer the temptations of the world by referring to God's word, but we need to make sure that we aren't using God's word to accomplish our own objectives. We also see that great multitudes of people began to follow Jesus, but most were following Him for the wrong reasons. Many people today profess to follow Jesus as long as they are getting what they want from Him, but never really accept Him as their Savior and Lord.
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