WAEC Christian Religious Studies 1993 Question 15

Question 15

Baptism and Temptation of Jesus

The relevance of the Temptation to the Baptism of Jesus was that

  1. A.the devil used the Temptation to make Christ prove his divinity as revealed at the Baptism
  2. B.Jesus' hunger during the Temptation disproved the claim, at Baptism, that God was pleased with him
  3. C.both were physical experiences of Jesus at the very beginning of his public ministry
  4. D.the same spirit which fell on Jesus at Baptism also tempted him in the wilderness
  5. E.the spirit of God which fell in Jesus at Baptism left him for a while, thus allowing the devil to tempt him.
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Answer: A (the devil used the Temptation to make Christ prove his divinity as revealed at the Baptism)

Explanation

At the Baptism God called Jesus His Son; the devil then tested this, saying "If you are the Son of God…" (Matthew 3:17; 4:3, 6).