Post by Woody Williams on Jan 28, 2007 7:44:41 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Luke 4:21-30
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Then he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing." All spoke well of him and were amazed at
the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, "Is not this
Joseph's son?" He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this
proverb, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' And you will say, 'Do here also in
your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.'"
And he said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the
prophet's hometown. But the truth is, there were many widows in
Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet
Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in
Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the
prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the
Syrian." When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with
rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow
of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl
him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went
on his way.
Devotional
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Jesus proclaimed himself the Messiah in his hometown, Nazareth. The
folks in Nazareth had a hard time getting by their familiarity with
Jesus who grew up among them. They had a hard time stretching to the
reality that God's Messiah was a common man born of a common woman.
Jesus reminds the people that God is always surprising his people who
were often not as sharp as some foreigners in recognizing God's
presence and work. Familiarity can breed contempt.
Prayer
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Keep my eyes and ears sharp to listen to your word, O Lord. Amen
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Then he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing." All spoke well of him and were amazed at
the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, "Is not this
Joseph's son?" He said to them, "Doubtless you will quote to me this
proverb, 'Doctor, cure yourself!' And you will say, 'Do here also in
your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.'"
And he said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the
prophet's hometown. But the truth is, there were many widows in
Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; yet
Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in
Sidon. There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the
prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the
Syrian." When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with
rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow
of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl
him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went
on his way.
Devotional
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Jesus proclaimed himself the Messiah in his hometown, Nazareth. The
folks in Nazareth had a hard time getting by their familiarity with
Jesus who grew up among them. They had a hard time stretching to the
reality that God's Messiah was a common man born of a common woman.
Jesus reminds the people that God is always surprising his people who
were often not as sharp as some foreigners in recognizing God's
presence and work. Familiarity can breed contempt.
Prayer
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Keep my eyes and ears sharp to listen to your word, O Lord. Amen