Read: Mark 1; John 4:46-54; Matthew 4:18-25; 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-44
John the Baptist is thrown in prison and Jesus continued his ministry going to the people’s towns that had come out to see John. John had prepared their hearts for Jesus to bring them salvation.
When Jesus went back to Cana he was grieved when the man came and asked him to heal his son. He was hoping that they would be hungry for more than just a miracle.
When he returned home he walked into the synagogue where he usually attended. He was handed the scroll of the days scripture. It was in Isaiah. He found the part that explained his ministry and just read a part of it. He stopped before it said, “and to bring the vengeance of the Lord” and said, “Today this is fulfilled in your ears.” (It wasn’t time for the vengeance of the Lord.) Then he sat down. When they questioned his authority to say that he explained to them that he would not be able to do much there because they could not be able to see him for what he really was. They could only see him as the little boy that grew up among them. Then he really offended them when he gave two examples of Gentiles being healed by God. He was using his home town to represent the Jewish nation. They couldn’t accept him as the Messiah because they couldn’t see past his humanity. He was trying to show them that he wasn’t just sent to the Jews, but to the world.
They couldn’t accept any of it so they tried to push him off a cliff. He miraculously walked right through the crowd and escaped.
One of the statements we read repeatedly today was that Jesus spoke with authority. He spoke like he knew what he was saying and that he believed it. He not only believed the Word; he was the Word. The demons recognized it but it took the people a little longer.
Lord, may we eat this Word and become it. We have the very Jesus inside us so may we recognize that and walk and talk with authority.
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