Jesus teaching in Galilee- Pt. II
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Early public ministry
Early public ministry
Last week we came from:
The temptations that Jesus overcame (Lk4:1-13)
To the early start of His ministry, at home (Lk4:14-19)
I think we should read at least what Jesus said before we continue with what Jesus taught and the response today.
17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,
19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”
(Transition) That sets us up for where we will start today.
Our passage
Our passage
20 And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
22 And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’ ”
24 And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.
25 “But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27 “And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; 29 and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.
30 But passing through their midst, He went His way.
What do you notice, what sticks out to you in this passage?
After Jesus read (v.19) he closed book and then did what (v.20)?
Gave book back
Sat down
Jesus makes bold proclamation (v.21)? What is it?
This scripture has been fulfilled
(ref: Isa61:1)
How did the people react to this (v.22)?
Speaking well of Him
Had wonder for they knew from whom He came
Jesus makes an assumption and addresses the people, what is the assumption (v.23)?
That they would want done there what they heard was done in Capernaum.
In short prove to us who you are since we know you are son of the carpenter (basically this carries into v.24)
What does Jesus have to say about a prophet in his home town (v.24)?
They are not welcome
Jesus goes on to use Elijah and Elisha and their being sent by God to the Gentiles which is not well received by the people (vv.25-27)
People who were speaking well of Him (v.22) are not feeling what (v.28-29)?
Well their rage and driving him out availed nothing he just walked away (v.30)
Jesus sits to teach
Jesus sits to teach
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?”
It was common that one would stand to read scripture, to preach, but to sit to teach, to expound on the scripture
Jesus get’s their attention “it is fulfilled today in your hearing.”
There was amazement due to the words of grace given, words they had been looking for, longing for, He is saying is now fulfilled. Also, that is He not Joseph’s son. This all made no sense to them.
Are there things you do not understand that bring amazement to you?
Jesus words answer the question of the scripture
Who does Isaiah speak of? - ME
When will this be? - NOW
Jesus message is Good News, it is salvation for sinners, healing for the brokenhearted as well as the rejected, to give sight to the blind, and to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord!
This is the message that the world needs today, and you have it!
The message was well received, but the messenger was discounted, then came the discounting the message too.
Admiration turned to antagonism. Jesus knew it and addresses that before they even say anything.
A prophet is not welcome in his hometown
A prophet is not welcome in his hometown
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.”
Literary style, Procatelepis; This is answering an objection prior to the objection being made.
Jesus knows that the people want him to prove self. Do signs here like you did in Capernaum.
Spurgeon wrote this:
“They no doubt argued, ‘He is a Nazareth man, and of course, he is in duty bound to help Nazareth’. They considered themselves as being in a sort His proprietors, who could command his power at their own discretion.”
Jesus examples bring the anger, the rage, for He uses Gentiles, that Jews (Elijah, Elisha) brought healing to Gentiles.
Love what Clarke says in his commentary, a couple of points on these illustrations that Jesus uses.
“First, the fact they did not receive Jesus had nothing to do with Jesus, but everything to do with them. He was truly from God, but they would not receive Him. Their rejection said more about them than it did about Jesus.”
“Second, it showed that God’s miraculous power operates in unexpected and sovereign ways. People that we often consider undeserving and perhaps strange are many times the recipients of God’s miraculous power.”
Maybe you can see a parallel; Naaman first heard the word, then he obeyed the word in the way he was instructed.
It was personal, Naaman had a choice to believe or reject, the act on it or just think about it. Just as people do today.
Jesus examples:
Elijah and widow in Sidon (1Kn17:8-16)
Elisha and Naaman from Syria (2Kn5:1-15)
Wiersbe in his comments about the feelings of the Jews after these examples of Gentiles receiving the healings says this.
“At first, they admired the way He taught, but it didn’t take long for their admiration to turn into antagonism. Why? Because Jesus began to remind them of God’s goodness to the Gentiles! The Prophet Elijah bypassed all the Jewish widows and helped a gentile widow in Sidon (1Kn17:8-16), and his successor Elisha healed a Gentile leper from Syria (2Kng5:1-15). Our Lord’s message of grace was a blow to the proud Jewish exclusivism of the congregation, and they would not repent.
Dealing with rage
Dealing with rage
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.
Like today people love truth if it makes them feel good; but Jesus words were convicting.
They were angry that they were being told that the they were not going to get the miracles and the the Good News was God loved the Gentiles too.
Like Paul, Jesus did not live to please man, but to please God (Gal1:10); just as Jesus lived to please the Father (ref: Jn8:29)
Their rage drove Him. Jesus did do a miracle, just not what they wanted. He passed through them.
Augustine said: “They love the truth when it enlightens them, but hate the truth when it accuses them.”
This is true and can apply to many congregations today who do not want to hear about sin, repentance, obedience.
People want the acceptable year of the Lord, but do not want the other part of Isa61:2.
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; 2 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
The day of vengeance!
(Summarize) (Close)