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By Michael L Grooms
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Jesus returned to His hometown of Nazareth and had been
Luke wants us to know that Jesus has authority of the
Isn’t it interesting that Luke 4 begins with Jesus being
Jesus is confronted by this demon who said, “I know who
We need to be reminded what a demon is. From the Bible we
Jesus rebukes this demon and tells him to be quiet and come
Today we need to know that demons are real, and they can
Jesus still has authority over demons and my friend you can
God bless!
Jesus had just preached His first recorded message in the
Think about it! It is hard enough to be rejected and
I have heard the stories over the years of many pastors and
We know from previous verses (Luke 4:14-15; 23), that Jesus
“Jesus went down…”. Jesus came down to us from heaven. “For you
This region of Galilee was a region of darkness. Matthew’s
This region of Israel was indeed a dark area spiritually!
This is the region Jesus chose to make His headquarters for
We live in a dark, demon possessed, sin cursed world today!
Thank God Jesus didn’t quit and neither should we.
God bless!
In this passage Jesus is preaching His first recorded
Every eye was fixed on Him. The whole countryside was
Just the same, His words exploded like a bomb when He ended
Jesus was speaking again: “You will surely say this
The Prophet Elijah bypassed all the Jewish widows and
The problem was that His listeners would not believe in
The congregation was so angry, they took action to kill
We don’t need to see a miracle to believe in Jesus, but we
God bless!
These verses in Luke 4 reveal to us what happened on the
But when the first Sabbath came Jesus went to the synagogue,
Remember the nation of Israel was in bondage under the
But when Jesus read this passage from Isaiah 61:1-2, He did
You can imagine how shocked they were when Jesus boldly
Jesus applied all of this to His own ministry, not in a
Jesus also knew that for the Gospel to be complete He would
It is my prayer today that you will believe in Who Jesus
God bless!
Today we want to take this chat and explain the importance of the synagogue in
First, what is a synagogue? The basic definition is a
Though some Jewish traditions claim synagogues existed
By the time of Jesus and the New Testament period,
Jesus was fulfilling the law as He went from synagogue to synagogue
From verses in Luke 4:16-21 we can observe many synagogue
Paul and the other apostles would use the synagogue as a
Today, as believers we meet on the first day of the week in
God Bless!
16 So He came to Nazareth,
For the past several days we have been talking about the
Verse 13, tells us that the devil “ended every temptation
Jesus submitted Himself in obedience and the will of God in
Now, I know we are not perfect, and we are not Jesus, but
In the name and power of Jesus, we can stand up to the
Verse 14 now tells us that Jesus returned in the power of
Matthew, Mark, and John move right into the Lord's ministry
Luke tells us as Jesus went through Galilee He taught in
If we are going to have a witness in our hometown, we need
God Bless!
Luke records three specific temptations that the Lord Jesus
The devil’s temptations that we face are the same he has
It is also interesting to note that Satan questioned the
The pinnacle was probably a high point at the southeast
When a child of God is in the will of God, he can claim the
Our Lord's reply was, "on the other hand, it is
Satan tempted Jesus to do something spectacular in Jerusalem
My friend, knowing who we are “in Christ” is our great
God bless!
We are studying the temptation of Jesus by the devil in the
In 1 Peter 2:21-22, tells us that Jesus is our example: “For
One of the best illustrations of dealing with temptation is
The devil’s first temptation for Jesus dealt with lust of
In looking at this second temptation where the devil offers
As the prince of this world, Satan has a certain amount of
Again, Jesus quoted God's Word, this time Deuteronomy 6:13.
There are no "shortcuts" in the Christian life,
God’s promise for us is if we “suffer with Him, we will
God bless!
The night before He was crucified Jesus went to the Garden
Remember we mentioned how Jesus was praying after His
In this first temptation in verses 3-4, Satan suggested
But the test was even more subtle than that, for Satan was
When our Lord quoted Deuteronomy 8:3, He put the emphasis
You and I need bread for the body (Matt. 6:11), but we must
My friend, it is absolutely necessary to take the time to
But the next week after my salvation, on a Sunday night
This is the first verse that I say that I memorized, but honestly,
Here in Luke 4, as we study the temptation of Jesus by the devil,
Jesus was assured of the Father’s love in Luke 3:22 when
Jesus was fasting! Along with prayer, fasting is a neglected
Jesus said, “It is written” and quoted the Word of
Finally, we also have the resource of the Lord Jesus in
You can be an overcomer every day in Jesus too!
God bless!
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