Luke 4:14-34
14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. 15 And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 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. 17 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;
19 To proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord.”
20 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. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 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?”
23 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.’ ” 24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 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; 26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 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. 30 Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. 32 And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority. 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
James 1:13-14
1 Cor. 14:33
Gen. 1:27-28
Heb. 10:24-25
Acts 13:26-27
Ps. 68:3-6
3 But let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
4 Sing to God, sing praises to
His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
By His name Yah,
And rejoice before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless, a
defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
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The my message the title is this not Joseph son and that’s straight out of Bible is this not just of sun that is what the people of Nazareth said of g. this is not just of sun we’re going to be reading from Luke I’ve been reading the loop for a number of week couple weeks rather few weeks anyway and it’s like I love the love the book of Luke I just kind of have a found a new found love of the book of Luke because Luke is so detailed so detail about everything under this is in there but you know you look at the birth of Christ the others might just briefly mention it Matthew mentions the genealogy marks very short about it but Luke has chapters very detailed about the magic and about the star and about Joseph of Mary in their journey and in the magic going to her he’s so detailed in everything he’s detailed in our scripture today about Jesus returning to his hometown Let’s go ahead and go to the word of the Lord Lukather 4 verses 14 through 34 then Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee and news of him went out through out through all the surrounding region so news of him went out through all the regions his popularity was growing pay was hearing of him all the wonderful things he was doing here and of the miracles blinded eyes being opened the deaf hearing demon possessed people being delivered the lame walking their hearing of all the wonderful things and hearing that he was preaching and teaching with authority so he was gaining popularity and he taught inner 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 a 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 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 broken hearted 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 lower then he closed the book gave a back to the attendant and sat down and all the the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on him every I was sticks to him Jesus after he read this and as I have read this op think I wonder if anyone else would have read this if it would have had that kind of impact I wonder if the eyes would have been whenever someone else if they have read it but my friends God was in the house that day in he read it Jesus read it and it just had a profound impact on the people that every I was on him as he went back and set down 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 son
remember where was it where he had been brought up right is this not Joseph son he said to them you will surely say this proverb to made physician heal yourself whatever you 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 home 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 for 3 years and 6 months and there was a great famine throughout all the land but to none of them was a lie just sent except 200 path in the region aside on to a woman who was a widow and many lepers were in Israel in the time of your life show the Prophet and to none of them or none of them was cleansed except name an Assyrian I guess I can’t get away from they even write a talk about name for the past couple weeks except for name an Assyrian So all those in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with Raf and rose up and thrust him out of the city and lead him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built that they might throw him down over the cliff then passing right through the midst of them he went on his way then he came down to Capernaum a city of Galilee and was there teaching on the Sabbath and there was and they were astonished at his teaching for His Word was with authority now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon and he cried out with a loud voice saying let us alone what have we to do with you Jesus of Nazareth did you come to destroy us I know who you are the Holy One of God. They got out his blessings to the hearing in the reading of His Holy Word let us pray Heavenly Father we do praise you and magnify you we thank you we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ the one whom we warship the one in whom we have hope hope of salvation hope of eternal life and we thank you that your spirit is with us today and I prayed your spirit would be upon us to guide is to control a sword at every word be spoken be for your glory and for your Honor bothered it might go out and plant seeds and draw all men and women unto yourself Father we pray your noisy never the the electronic stuff the wife I and everything to allow this word to go all around the globe we thank you for that and just pray your anoint upon every single word to goes out over the airways and bless each one that has joined us today lord here in body or Also over the wife I Lord we just thank you for each one for your blessing and your peace upon them in Jesus’ name amen So the 1st question we might have as we read this maybe you don’t have it but there’s a question where was Jesus returning from at the very beginning then Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee where was he returning from he was returning non-O. he preached a long way but he was returning from it the temptation his temptation in the wilderness everyone is aware that you know there’s many temptations in life in life in our in our lives there will be many things that try to tempt us in draw us away from God whether it be the lust of the eyes the things that we see that want to draw also a way or taste or smell of whatever there are so many things to try to draw also a way but Jesus also had to be tempted did need Jesus needed to be tempted there’s a very important reason why Jesus needed to be tempted in the wilderness it was necessary
to show that he was completely human. It was necessary for him to fully experience the human life he had to experience that to experience humanity because we are tempted right praise the Lord and he was victorious over the temptation it wasn’t just a brief thing friends it was 40 days 40 days in a wilderness and he was tempted
and it wasn’t a one and done deal once he came out of there there was temptation throughout his ministry
but throughout his life let’s just not look at the 40 days he was victorious over any temptation because he was completely without sin he was not tempted How did Jesus stand against the Devil
How did he stand against the devil
with the word by the word I think the 1st thing the devil said is you know he’s angry he’s fat he hadn’t eaten he said Go up the god attorney stones in the bread What did he say it is written that man shall not live by bread alone right
he took him up on the Hill to show you all these things saw him all the cities sayings that if you would just bow down to me I will give you all of this he said it is written
it is written You shall not worship none but the Lord our God the One True God
and they said Cast yourself off this cliff and he will take God’s hand out to protect you but in Satan even those a word he said is also written that many were not the temple motor God but we know we know that he was human by this because my friends God cannot be tempted James 11314 says Let no one say when he is tempted that I am tempted by God for God cannot be tempted by evil God is Spirit right. God cannot be tempted by evil nor does he himself tempt anyone but each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and is enticed So there is proof of his humanity because a Jesus was only spear he could not have been tempted and he was tempted he was tempted as we are tempted and again he was victorious because he knew the word friends how important that we know the word that we know the word and we obey the word right there we are grounded in rooted in the word and that’s how we will stand against any temptation any evil that will come upon us
so he returned from the temptation beginning his ministry
verse 14 said and he returned in the power of the spear to Galilee he returned victorious server the temptations
has been said the temptations will either make you or break you
that made him and it can make us in not break us when we trust in him you know many people easily give in to temptation many people do you know one of the most notorious con artists swindler whatever you want to call I’m in American history was a man named George c. Parker. And the reason he holds such a special place of this honor and dishonor is that he knew that people were gullible he knew that people would give in easily to temptations he knew that he used this to take advantage of people praying on people’s desires preying on people’s easily tempt easily being to tempted to temptation he said himself up an office in New York City and he sold some of the most famous attractions in New York he actually sold them he produced a to elaborate leaf forged documents and deeds and convince people convince his targets if you will that he rightfully own the staying and sold them to them he sold sets things as a statue of liberty he sold Madison Square Garden he even sold the Brooklyn Bridge
people were going to set up tolls and start charging people because they thought they just bought it off of Mr Parker
he used these documents
on gullible people people who were easily tempted to can you see I just bought the Brooklyn Bridge.
Yeah they found they caught up with him yeah he spent the rest you know rest is time in jail
people are easily tempted I’ll bet these victims after that I bet they learned a great lesson about they were a little bit more.
Humble Yeah a little bit more humble a little bit more cautious with the resources Yes God expects us to be careful he expects us to be prudent not easily fooled by the temptations of the world that we see by those that Satan would try to attempt to deceive if we’re grounded in that word imprudent God will help us.
You know the people in Jesus town the town of those rivers they seemed to be a little confused
they said is this not Joseph son
they were wandering worded he received such knowledge where did he get this authority
confusion you know I don’t know how I got this direction in this message but I did and I just trust that the Lord took me there so confusion is one of the things that I’m going to focus on there are many people in our nation today that have fallen for the deceptive lies and confusion of the devil many people many people
some people think just because we say something is so that it is so
I need my help or appear worse my helper I have a helper I have it on good source that she has the money in her pocket
so come up here poor put your money out you got some ones. How many god open him up or open him up hold him up how many you got here
so that’s unfolding there are all up. For the 3 we got to. And we got how many here
how many we got so paid you just gave me $4.00 right
what I meant how we got here.
How many here I’m here all right so I made this. So you’ve been taught all your life right there 2 plus 2 equals 4 right. I don’t like that.
That is not so anymore I say that 2 plus 2 is through so there’s your $3.00 back just because I’m up.
Ridiculous right isn’t it ridiculous just because I say that 2 plus 2 is 3 does not make it so does it it does not it is ridiculous but the liar and deceiver we know who he is has convinced many people in our society today
or he’s confused them to a state where they don’t even know what sex they are
don’t ask me why I went this way but that’s where the Lord took me they don’t know what sex they are now don’t get all sensitive and defensive only right away let me finish they’re confused about their sexual identity my friend’s house said think about that for a moment and I’m talking about older people and even younger people in grade school that are confused about their identity or they’re uncertain about who they are what they are there are currently 9 states in the United States that require no surgical procedure to be done only person for them to go to the courthouse and change their sexual identity on their birth certificate 9 states they can go to the courthouse and say I am no longer a male change my birth certificate the female
9 states that they can do that no now and then he added a bit here I don’t care if they did have a surgical procedure they are still a male they were born male and are still female right if they were born a female
but just because I say so
does not make it so.
We are currently living in a time.
When those who stand against lifestyles that are not consistent with consistent with God’s moral design or are looked upon as people filled with hate
there was some that will hear this message and say he’s filled with hate we are no longer live in a time where is it we are expected as Christians to tolerate this but we are considered haters if we don’t celebrate it with them
this you know there is a
root of the 7 and confusion from Satan and there is one source that he’s using that this it’s horrible it’s our education system
it’s our schools friends
young children are being taught that this Ok this is Ok it’s Ok for men and men to be married women and women to be married it’s Ok for boys to say well I’m a girl they’re saying that it’s Ok just last week
I heard one of the presidential candidates I won’t say who I heard her say I’m sorry I heard that person say out of the room mouth at a campaign rally if I am elected president there is a 9 year old transgender boy after get which states he said a southern state that I am going to allow that 9 year old to choose the secretary of education.
I heard it heard it myself I will let that 9 year old choose the secretary of education for the United States now here’s what I had to say about that
I question. Her decision to let a 9 year old choose to Secretary of Education I don’t care what kind of child it is so I don’t know what a 9 year old child that has enough maturity Sorry kids I don’t know a 9 year old child with enough maturity to choose the secretary of education
I know it not sure didn’t I’d want the one to give me recess all day long.
That’s what a hobby want
but what do we need is an education secretary here’s what we truly need in United States of America is an education secretary one is going to make sure they’re taught math and science and chemistry and biology social studies geography home ec all those things that are going to help our children grow and function in society we don’t need education secretary is going to make sure that they’re confortable with who’s going to be the education secretary that they’re going to be Ok in their uncertainty
in the right density
my friends we should leave the social and moral issues to the parents
is who they should be left to in the schools
1st Corinthians $1433.00 warm or an automaton like halfway through for God is not the author of confusion but of peace as in all the churches of the Saints are God is not and never will be the source of confusion
and the most important thing that we must never be confused about 1st of all is love and we must never be confused about his moral standards he does not want to be confused about who we are and what sex we are right even our sexual identity he doesn’t want us to be confused about that Genesis $12728.00 says So God created man.
Who created man all right God created man in his own image in the image of God He created him male and female he created them then God bless them and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue it had the minion over the fish of the sea that. Over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth
friends
God does not make mistakes
here that God does not make any mistakes if God created you male
if God created you when you were born if you had the body parts that allowed you to be circumcised that’s the most biblical way I can think of putting this with ears or hear if you were born with the parts and you could be circumcised I’ve got news for you you are a male.
You are a man friends if you were born with the body parts it would allow you to help multiply the earth meaning you had a room and you had all those organs that allow you to carry a child in here
you’re a female
is that simple it’s not confusing confusing
it’s that simple you’re a female God said be fruitful multiply
some might say that wow what a hater he is saying these things not thinking about the feelings of these precious little ones they are precious friends
but I’m not a hater
What does God want to know the truth of a man’s. In the share his words I say this out of love don’t be confused you are what God created you to be and to say anything different you’re saying God makes mistakes
then God does not make a mistake
God wants you to know him to love Him He wants to heal and can and will heal I should say any emotional confusion you might have he wants you to be strong in who he created you to be if He created you as a little boy he wants you to be strong he wants you to grow and be a man if you love and serve Him to created you as a female woman he wants you to grow and be the best woman you can be to serve Him faithfully
to love him and honor Him God does not make mistakes the people of Nazareth could not accept Jesus for who he really was his hometown as the town where Jesus spent his childhood they watched him grow up running around the streets playing with the other kids right there washing become a teenager
what a wonderful child he would have been he didn’t have those rebellious years like most of this most of us and yet he didn’t have as rebellious years he had been wonderful job but they watched Jesus grow up learning from his earthly dad Joseph helping Joseph you know says he was a carpenter No I don’t know if they went and did repairs to houses or build houses or if they built things in wood shop I don’t know I can’t say for sure disses he was a carpenter
but think about this they didn’t have all the modern conveniences we had they were unable to jump in or forward and run down the Home Depot and gravel truck load of lumber.
They had to go saw those boards by hand carry him through the town to the house they were working on or to the wood shop the people saying Joseph come and go and I mean Jesus and Joseph Coming to go and Karin or would Karen or tolls you know you don’t think of this but you think about the hard work it would have took Jesus probably had some muscles right he wasn’t a wimpy person but they seen him all these years
they seen him grow up
and they seen him a synagogue every Sabbath as his custom was he went into the synagogue on a sabbath day and stood up the Read it was his custom to go to Sabbath go to synagogue every Sabbath I said that wrong
meaning that he attended public warship when a regular basis
he didn’t make excuses you know as he got older knowing what his ministry was he could have said you know what the religious system is all corrupt I’m not going to go there I’m going to have a part of it he could have said you know how don’t need any instruction because I already know it all right he coulda
but he didn’t he made public worship his way of life friends it needs to be our way of life Hebrews 102425 says Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works not for sake in the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some but exhorting one another and so much more as we see the day approaching friends we shouldn’t make up excuses not to go to church well there’s a 40 percent chance of rain down think I’m going to church don’t you own an umbrella
but will go out and sit in the rain and watch a football game but will make excuses excuses you the peers are too hard to pews or to solve the pastor’s speech too long past don’t speak long enough.
You know we could come up with all kinds of excuses but we are to assemble together why that we can exhort one another to lift one another up stop making excuses get the church right you know the typical synagogue service they were different than our services but yet they had some of the same ingredients they had prayer they have prayer for God’s blessing
they had the recitation of the traditional Hebrew confession of faith
they had the reading of the word the law in the prophets they had the reader paraphrase give a sermon often in their make so that was very different but yet a lot of similar to stars right
the passage of spoke from the spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach the good tidings to the poor he has sent me to heal the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord
you know you can see the confusion
Well this is the child we seen grow up
and now he say in the spirit of the Lord’s upon me he sent me to preach he has sent me to heal the broken hearted he has sent me to proclaim liberty the captives to open the prisons what shock upon these people
I believe the most shocking thing was when he said to day this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing
because when he said that he say and to that congregation into the world I am the Messiah I am the one because that’s what this prophecy from Azea was saying this is of the Messiah he say today it’s fulfilled today it’s will fill that day it was fulfilled He is the Messiah he always will be the Messiah. They are shocked
they are so shocked and then so anger that they let him out to the brow hills to cast him off and he walked right through he said that no prophets accepted in his hometown even Elijah he went to a gentile woman
think of all the widows in Israel but it lodges went to a gentile why because they rejected the prophet that’s why they rejected God then again back the naming of all the lepers in Israel
name was a want to hear out of leprosy he had faith remember the story he said as he was going on know that probably going to come out is going to wave his hand over the place he’s going to heal me he had faith for the healing I almost missed that’s it I was a passer me but of all the lepers that Gentile received the healing from God They’re angry about that they’re angry that he spoke of their rejection of God rejection of the Messiah It’s why they let them out for the brow the hill.
Acts speaks of the rejection of the prophets Acts 132627 men and brother and sons of the family of Abraham and those among you who fear God to use the word of salvation has been sent for those who dwell in Jerusalem and the rulers because they did not know him nor even the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath have fulfilled them in condemning him for and that’s speaking of what we just read from Luke they did not know him the Christ is right there they didn’t know him and they rejected the prophets Jesus spoke of that
they tried to try to kill and try to destroy him and he walked through St Augustine said they love the truth when it in lightens them but they hate the truth when it accuses them.
That applies to many congregations today people love the hear gracious words but they don’t want to face the truth people love to go to church and have their ears take over
they do oh it’s Ok it’s all right to do that you don’t have to repent
people love to hear that tickling of the errors but they don’t want to hear that which convicts them of their sense
they want God’s grace
but they don’t want to obey his commands
they don’t want to repent they don’t want to change their lives
I want to go back to the schools for a minute we want to straighten things out in our schools today
let’s allow prayer back in the schools let’s put the 10 Commandments back up on the walls and maybe they’ll see how they can live a godly life a moral life if they don’t believe in God follow those rules look how much better our society would be a shall not murder maybe our prisons would be so full
Jesus did indeed preach to the poor he went to those who the religious leaders
shot away from Didn’t he wasn’t afraid to go to the religious leader wouldn’t touch a leper But Jesus did he want to pray to touch him he didn’t avoid the poor downcast he went to them some 6920 says reproach has broken my heart and I am full of happiness I look for someone to take pity but there was none and for comforters but I found none friends there is a comforter and his name is Jesus to be broken hearted is to feel spiritually bankrupt helpless longing for the help and salvation of God My friends all we have to do is call out to him repent of our sins and call out to him and he will fill us up with His Holy Spirit Philis Jesus came to help these he came to bring liberty to the captives. Some 68336 says but let the righteous be glad let them rejoice before God yes let them rejoice exceedingly sing to God sing praises to his name extol him he rides on the clouds by his name yeah a and rejoice before him a father of the fatherless a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation
think about that a father to the fatherless a defender of the widow’s God sets the solitary in families he brings out those who are bound into prosperity but the rebellious dwell in a dry land my friends if you are bound he will set you free he came to set us free from our sins if we are walking in our sins we need to ask forgiveness and he will set us free he will loose us from the bounds
they could not accept him as just a son how Ronnie that he went to Capernaum and goes into the synagogue there I want to reread that he went down to Capernaum a city of Galilee and was teaching on the Sabbath and they were astonished at his teaching for his word with was with authority now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon and he cried out with a loud voice saying let us alone what have we to do with you Jesus of Nazareth they knew where he was from Jesus of Nazareth did you come to destroy us I know who you are the Holy One of God.
The people that he grew up with did not recognize him they wouldn’t acknowledge he is the Christ the Messiah but a demon recognized him says I know the you are I know that you are the Holy One of God I know that you are the Messiah
I know that your the Messiah
you will have this one the screen.
John Chapter 12 versus 44 through 50 then Jesus cried out and said He who believes in me believes not in me but in Him who sent me and he who sees me see Him who sent me I have come as a light into the world that whoever believes in me should not abide in darkness and if anyone hears my words and does not believe them I do not judge him for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world he who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him
the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day for I’ve not spoken on my own authority but the Father who sent me gave me a command what I should say and what I should speak and I know that his command is an everlasting life therefore whatever I speak just as a father is told me so I speak
for as we must believe in Him
There are some out there there are probably many out there who will say there is many ways to God there is not many ways John 146 as I Jesus said I am the Way the Truth and the life he is the way to the Father there is no other way don’t be deceived there is no other way but Jesus we must believe in Him we must believe that he is the one that the father sinned and then also in Matthew 16 verse 13 through 16 when Jesus came into the region assessor refill a pie he asked his disciples saying who do men say that I am
now wait a minute I would agree re death my glasses are who do men say that I the Son of Man Am so they said some say John the Baptist’s.
They were confused right some say you’re Alija others Jeremiah or one of the prophets he said to them but you do use a.
Simon Peter answered and said You are the Christ the Son of The Living Golf
that whole message is about that most important question
they wouldn’t say that Jesus is the Christ that He is the Messiah they rejected him as the Christ and as the Messiah that’s the most important question in every individual’s life what you believe about Jesus who do you say that Jesus is if he’s just a proper to you your last he’s more than just a prophet
he is the Messiah the Christ the Son of the Living God come to set men free from their sins if he is just an amazing teacher with you that taught with authority if that’s all he is to you you’re lost
you must answer that question the Jesus ask Who do you say that I am with the response that you are the Christ you are the Messiah you are the Son of God and it is in you that I put my trust
you believe that you accept that you confess that and ye shall be say
you shall enjoy internal life if you’re watching if you haven’t accepted Christ as the Messiah if you’re listening you hear these words if you haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as the Messiah the son of the Living God I ask you to do so. Repent of your sins say Lord I’ve been confused for many years help me give me understanding give me peace in here be the roller of my heart be the ruler of my life Lord help me get rid of that confusion help me know who I am help me know who I am in you
you’re a
man of God or you are woman of God
except that I’m receiving Amen.
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