LUKE 4: 14 - 44
As you can tell from the title, this passage in Luke marks the beginning of Jesus’ ministry to mankind at the age of 30. It looks to me that Jesus was trying to do 2 things right off the bat. He wanted to demonstrate His power and authority, and He wanted to establish one of His main goals in joining us here on earth ---- to speak and teach truth. He began to reveal who He was by casting out demons, healing many sick people of various diseases, and teaching in such a way that people were “…amazed at His teaching”. They’d never heard anyone teach with such power and authority. Jesus came to earth as prophet, priest, and King. The job of a prophet is to speak God’s truth to people, and this was one of His main missions while He was here. In fact, this passage closes out with Jesus saying that He had to go preach the good news to other towns because “…that is why I was sent”. That’s a pretty significant statement. And in my estimation, there are no greater truths in the Bible than the ones that are uttered by Jesus himself in the four gospels.
By David Thompson
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