Topic: FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
Text:Luke 4:23-30
4:23 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.’ ”
4:24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
4:25 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;
4:26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
4:28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
4:29 and rose 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.
4:30 Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
STUDY:
While He was in Nazareth, Jesus knew that the people expected miracles from Him. Using a proverb, He told them that He understood their expectations. However, He also informed them that no prophet is accepted in his own country. Prophet Elijah helped only a Zarephath widow miraculously during a three and half years of famine. Prophet Elisha healed only a leper from Syria in spiteof the many lepers in Israel. Jesus’words enraged the people who wanted to push Him over a hilly cliff but He miraculously went away from them.
People in Nazareth were very familiar with Jesus and knew His parents and siblings. They had little respect for Him but wanted Him to perform miracles He did elsewhere. Some people do not respect their Priests or Pastors. Some wives do not respect or submit to their husbands because of familiarity. Some young people disrespect and disobey their parents, teachers, and superiors because of familiarity. Some workers disrespect, disobey, and rebel against constituted authority because they are familiar with the leaders. Christians need to live exemplary lives of respect and obedience to leaders in the home, office, place of business and in the society. Do you respect authority?
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please help me not to be too familiar with your Word.
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