Can you imagine a whole city being so ungodly that they would gather themselves against one person, simply because of something that was said? Particularly when that something was truth?
Well, that's exactly what happened to Jesus. All He did was quote a few scriptures, prophesy, and attempted to open His hometown's understanding when He said:
²⁵But 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; ²⁶but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” [Luke 4:25-27]
You would think that if anyone could quote scripture, in the church especially, it would be Jesus. But shamefully, His hometown responded with the absolute hatred of bitterness, envy and strife. In jealousy and envy over the things that He had done for other cities, the people bitterly strove with Jesus. They chased Him all over town, all the way to...
Well, let me quote the scripture, because I don't want to mispeak:
²⁸So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, ²⁹and rose up 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. ³⁰Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way. [Luke 4:28-30]
That was by no means the correct response. How terrifying that must have been for Jesus; because, though He was 100% deity, He was also 100% man.
What kind of "God loving" people would do that?
Well, that's exactly what happened to Jesus. All He did was quote a few scriptures, prophesy, and attempted to open His hometown's understanding when He said:
²⁵But 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; ²⁶but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. ²⁷And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” [Luke 4:25-27]
You would think that if anyone could quote scripture, in the church especially, it would be Jesus. But shamefully, His hometown responded with the absolute hatred of bitterness, envy and strife. In jealousy and envy over the things that He had done for other cities, the people bitterly strove with Jesus. They chased Him all over town, all the way to...
Well, let me quote the scripture, because I don't want to mispeak:
²⁸So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, ²⁹and rose up 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. ³⁰Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way. [Luke 4:28-30]
That was by no means the correct response. How terrifying that must have been for Jesus; because, though He was 100% deity, He was also 100% man.
What kind of "God loving" people would do that?
