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travel. But Satan knew where the Saviour had

gone; so he went there to tempt Him.

As Christ left the Jordan, His face was lighted

with the glory of God. But after He entered

the wilderness, this glory disappeared.

The sins of the world were upon Him, and His

face showed such sorrow and anguish as man

had never felt. He was suffering for sinners.

Adam and Eve in Eden had disobeyed God by

eating of the forbidden fruit. Their

disobedience had brought sin and sorrow

and death into the world.

Christ came to give an example of obedience.

In the wilderness, after fasting forty days, He

would not, even to obtain food, depart from

the will of His Father.

One of the temptations that overcame our

first parents was the temptation to indulge

appetite. By this long fast Christ was to show

that appetite can be brought under control.