#032 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-30) - Life of Christ = Week 07 - Tuesday

Jesus’ Identification with the Suffering Servant

Luke 4:16–21

¹⁶He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. ¹⁷The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written: ¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, ¹⁹to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

²⁰He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him. ²¹He began by saying to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Rejected at Nazareth, Jesus Moves to Capernaum

Matthew 4:13–16; Luke 4:22–31

^{Lk 4:22}They were all speaking well of Him and were amazed by the gracious words that came from His mouth, yet they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

²³Then He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Doctor, heal Yourself.’ ‘All we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’ ”

²⁴He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown. ²⁵But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land. ²⁶Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ²⁷And there were many lepers in Israel in the prophet Elisha’s time, yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

²⁸When they heard this, all who were in the synagogue were enraged. ²⁹They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, intending to hurl Him over the cliff. ³⁰But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.

^{Mt 4:13–16}He left Nazareth behind and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. ¹⁴This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ¹⁵“O land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the sea road, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles! ¹⁶The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned.”

Luke 4:16-30 (Nazareth) Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

• God is ... What do we learn about God in this passage?
• We are ... What do we learn about people in this passage?
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• I will ... What has the Holy Spirit revealed to us in this passage? How will I
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Footnotes:  

Sabbath day The seventh day of the Jewish week. It was a special religious day for the Jews. 

synagogue(s) Synagogues were places where Jews gathered for prayer, study of the Scriptures, and other public meetings. 

prophet A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future. 

Elijah A prophet that lived about 850 B.C. 

widows Women whose husbands have died. 

leprosy A very bad skin disease. 

Elisha A prophet that lived after Elijah's time. 

Simon Simon's other name was Peter. 

Demon(s) Demons are evil spirits from the devil. 

Christ The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God.


Isn't This Joseph's Son? (Luke 4:14-30) by Toby Levering

https://youtu.be/pgcg7aSEWi0

 

Document for DBS 

Series: Be Different “Making Transformative Moves” Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. 

Title: Different Outlook 

Bookmark: Click Here 

Opening Thoughts: Cynicism and skepticism are woven into the fabric of our current culture. The be different means to let the joy of the Lord overflow in your life. We are wired to celebrate all the good things about God and what it means to belong to him. 

• Local News. 

• We consume and are consumed by BAD NEWS. 

• It shapes us and the way we view life. 

• Glass = How much does it weigh? It matters how long you hold it. 

• Heavier the longer you hold it. That is the way it is with “bad news”. 

• We are supposed to be people of GOOD NEWS. 

• A Different Outlook! 

• Birth announcement in Luke 2 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 

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Text: Luke 4:16:21 

Jesus Is Not Accepted in Nazareth 

14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit. News about him spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 

16 Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. On the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue as he usually did. He stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. Jesus unrolled it and found the right place. There it is written, 

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me. 
    He has anointed me 
    to announce the good news to poor people. 
He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners. 
    He has sent me so that the blind will see again. 
He wants me to set free those who are treated badly. 
19     And he has sent me to announce the year when he will set his people free.” (Isaiah 61:1,2) 

20 Then Jesus rolled up the scroll. He gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were staring at him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this passage of Scripture is coming true as you listen.” 

 

 

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Summarize the main story: Describe the events of the story in your own words. 

• Review and retell the story. 

Reflections for applications: 

• Skepticism kept them from experiencing the good news of Jesus 

• Jubilee 

• You are the one who owes what you will never be able to pay. 

• The “lost parables” of Luke 15 are about spirited celebration. 

• Joy is not the absence of what is BAD; joy is the acknowledgment of what is GOOD. 

• How do you see God? 

• Isaiah 61:2 He wants me to announce the day when he will pay his enemies back. 

• God has an antidote to cynicism—his presence, his redemption, and his fullness of joy. When we take time to celebrate...we are bringing the glory of God into the brokenness of the world around us. -- Jon Tyson, Beautiful Resistance. 

• Living with joy is an act of defiance in a culture of despair. 

Digging Questions: 

• How will you respond in being different? What transformative move needs to be made? 

• What do these biblical texts tell you about God and His nature? 

• What is God calling us to do? 

Take Away Challenges 

• What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in this passage? How will you apply it to your life this week? 

• Whom do you know who needs to hear this? 

• What is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What beliefs, thoughts or actions need to be addressed or changed? 

Hash tags #Outlook #Attitude #Good News 

Sunday sermon link https://youtu.be/pgcg7aSEWi0 

Kevin’s Blog Link to more resources: Click here for Kevin’s Blog Notes 

Comments and resources with some more resources: 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4%3A16-21&version=NIRV 

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“SIGHT TO THE BLIND”

Lewis G. Hale

 

When Jesus visited his hometown synagogue in Nazareth, he stood up and read from the prophet Isaiah. He said the Spirit of the Lord had anointed him to preach to the poor, heal the broken-hearted, “and recovering of sight to the blind.” Luke 4:18-19.

                Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be blind? What a great blessing for a blind person to receive the gift of sight!

                When the blind man of Jericho heard that Jesus was passing by, he cried, “Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” When Jesus asked, “What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?”, the blind man said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.” Jesus immediately healed him. He must have experienced unspeakable joy. Can you image a blind man who would refuse to accept the gift of sight? I seems to me that no person in his right mind would say, “I prefer to remain blind.”

                Yet, there is another kind of blindness that is even more serious - spiritual blindness. Our sin and ignorance of God is called blindness. When Christ called Saul to be an apostle, he said he would send him to the Gentiles “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light (from blindness to sight), and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me,” Acts 26:17-18. This the true sight which Christ came to give.

                In spite of the fact that Christ came to give us sight, many deliberately choose to remain blind. When the disciples of Jesus asked why he spoke in parables, he said it was because some did not want to hear nor see, so parables concealed the truth from them. He then quoted from Isaiah, “By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this people’s heart is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time the should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them,” Matt. 13:14-15.

                This means they would have no forgiveness of sins and would have no inheritance. How sad. How unnecessary.

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