One of the most characteristic features of the ministry of the Lord Jesus was His dependence upon Scripture. When He encountered the devil in the temptation in the wilderness, thrice He quoted the book of Deuteronomy to answer the enemy’s wiles (Luke 4:4, 8, 12). When He inaugurated His ministry, He quoted Isaiah (Luke 4:18-19; Isaiah 61:1-2). When He answered His critics, He often quoted Scripture. In His most famous sermon (Matthew 5), He actually exegeted the second half of the Decal...
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