June 30

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/1827S0630.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 813 Download Link --> <p>Luke 3:21-4:44 We are in the Christ Stream reading with the New King James Version this week. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Stream | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote> <div>Thank you God for giving us Jesus. He is certainly fascinating to listen to, follow, be near, and be changed by -because He has touched our hearts.  Thank you.  Amen.</div> </blockquote> <p>3 - Luke tells of Jesus being baptized, filled by the Holy Spirit, blessed of God, and then Luke lays out more credentials of Jesus: His lineage.  The distinction of this lineage as compared to the one in Matthew 1 is that Matthew starts with Abraham. To a Jewish mind, it all starts with Abraham so Jesus' direct link to Abraham is displayed. Matthew lists the son of dozens of times ... Jewish families are verified by having children, so Matthew lays it out, "and his son was, and his son was, and his son was...</p> <div>Luke here goes the other direction. Since he is writing to Greeks, who are more concerned with, "well who's his dad? and who was HIS dad? and so forth. So Luke starts with Jesus ... "and his father was, and Joseph's father was ..., and his father was.  And Luke took the genealogy line clear back to Adam. The point is that Jesus is Adam's direct son and therefore related to all of us.</div> <div> 4 - Jesus' temptation by the devil is told by Mt, Mk, and Luke. Mark's is very brief; two verses, whereas Matthew and Luke tell the greater picture. Luke tells the longest version. Mt, and Luke say that the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert, where Mark says the Spirit <em>drove</em> him into the wilderness. This is in the Bible to demonstrate to us that the devil is going to offer us many things, it will always be appealing, and it will