0047 Luke 4:24-27 God is in your neighbour "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown” There’s a beautiful story about a rabbi who went to a group of people and whispered to each of them separately that the Messiah…
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Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum. Jesus upsets everyone in the synagogue when he announces that he is the long awaited Messiah. There’s an immediate response: consternation and a chorus of protest. They don’t…
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All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked. Jesus reads in the synagogue from the scroll of Isaiah about God announcing a Year of Jubilee.Then He sits down to give the…
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“He has sent me … to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.” Jesus reads in the synagogue and applies Isaiah 61 to Himself. In those verses He concludes with the proclamation that the year of God’s favour has arrived. He refers to the Year of…
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on me … to release the oppressed”. Jesus says it is his mission to help the oppressed. We must remember that Jesus’ ministry (and his ministry starts right here) is all about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom that He…
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“He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind.” Jesus reads aloud in the synagogue of Nazareth on the Sabbath, and He applies the verse from Isaiah to Himself. The verse also refers to the blind. What we…
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"The Spirit of the Lord is on me... He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners...” Jesus reads from the Bible in the synagogue and applies this verse to Himself. His implication is that his ministry also holds good news for prisoners. His…
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"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.” Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath and gets a turn to read from the Bible. By chance or intentionally, Jesus reads this piece from Isaiah 61 and…
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The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me...” There were seven readings in the synagogue on a Sabbath. The first reading was…
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He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. Jesus arrives in his home town and goes to the synagogue on Friday evening, possibly with his brothers and uncles (it could be…
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He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. Wonderful! Jesus arrives in his home town and goes "to church on Sunday" (in a manner of speaking), because it was his custom.…
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Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. I want to focus on this verse once again. We can't be in a ministry... not even be a Christian, if the Holy Spirit doesn't empower us. The…
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