Luke 4:37 “And the report about Him went out into every place in the surrounding region.”    The ministry of Christ gained quite a good measure of attention. However, it was Christ Himself that prevented it from becoming more than just another news story. He was all in on His plans from the very beginning.…

Luke 4:36 “Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”    Jesus was able to expel these malicious spirits by different means than anyone else. The Jews were familiar with exorcism, and there were…

Luke 4:35 “But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him.”    The delayed response here is not due to a lack of authority on the part of Christ. Quite the contrary…

Luke 4:34 “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!”    Why would a demonic malevolence want to declare the identity of the Lord Jesus? Wouldn’t that be working against the kingdom of…

Luke 4:33 “Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,”    We always automatically think of demons as evil. So why the description here? Rather than just saying the man had a demon, it says he had the spirit…

Luke 4:32 “And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.”    The amazing acts of Christ were not limited to miracles and such. His most amazing characteristic was His teaching. The authority mentioned here reflects two things in His teaching. For one, Jesus is a powerful wordsmith. Nobody puts it…

Luke 4:31 “Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbaths.”    He taught on the Sabbaths. What did He do the rest of the time? Though He may have saved up enough to not have to work for a while, we cannot be certain of that.…

Luke 4:30 “Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.”    Don’t miss this for what it is. Jesus supernaturally moved Himself out of the situation. We think of the crucifixion as the point where sinful humanity had had enough of the truth of Christ. But that is not the case at…

Luke 4:29 “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.”    Due to the escape of Christ from this attempt on His life, we tend to gloss over…

Luke 4:28 “So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,”    Ah, we people are always like this! Slow we are to receive the truth, but so quick to judge what we find to be offensive. He had just told them that He was the fulfillment of prophecy…