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Friday, February 9
TEXT: Luke 4:14-30
14. Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
- And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
- So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
- And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: 18.“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
- To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord .”
- Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
- And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
- So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”
- He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.’ ”
- Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
- But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
- but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
- And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 28. So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29. and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.
- Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
Luke 4:14-30 NKJV
TOPIC: JESUS REJECTED AT NAZARETH
MESSAGE
In verses 16-17, we notice that when Jesus went to Nazareth, he was given the opportunity to read a portion of Scripture and explain it. It was his custom to join others in worship, and so should we. After reading Isaiah 61:1-2, he declared, “today, this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” From verses 18 and 19 of our text, we notice six (6) key issues which characterize the ministry of Jesus. Each of these stems from the fact that the Spirit of the Lord is on him, hence the anointing for service. As Christ’s disciples, we are called upon to continue to preach the good news of the kingdom of God to all around us today.
After initially accept…