The identity of Christ has been the focus of the Gospel of Luke thus far. In Luke 4:31-36, the power of Christ is displayed in Capernaum, showing us that Jesus can fulfill the claim that He made in the synagogue in Nazareth.

One of the main themes in the Gospel of Luke is the theme of fulfillment. Luke wants his readers to know that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the promises that God made to Israel. In the synagogue in Nazareth, Jesus announced to His fellow countrymen that He is the fulfillment of the prophecy that is recorded in Isaiah 61:1-2a.

When Nicodemus approached Jesus by night, our Lord explained his true need to him by referencing an event from the history of Israel that pointed forward to Him. The brazen serpent that was lifted up in the wilderness was a type of the Lord Jesus Christ and His lifting up on the cross of calvary for the sins of His people.

Who did Jesus come to minister to? In the synagogue at Nazareth, in His first Messianic sermon, Jesus lays out a program of His ministry from the prophecy of Isaiah.

In Luke 4:14-15 Luke gives a summative statement that describes the Galilean Ministry of Jesus Christ.

The record of the Galilean ministry of Christ begins in Luke 4:14. Before we examine this most important period of the earthly ministry of Christ, we take the time to examine the first year of Jesus' ministry that is recorded in the Gospel of John chapters 1-4.