Luke 4:23-30 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Jesus had been healing people in Capernaum and the word was out. But in his home country no one was willing to believe and none were healed. The people didn’t want HIM to heal them. Jesus reminded the people of other situations where God had led prophets away from their own people to perform miracles: Elijah was
John 1:6-9 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. John, one of Jesus’ Twelve Disciples, wrote this passage about John the Baptist. It identifies who sent him (God), gives his name and his God-given purpose in life: to bear witness to the light that was to come – Jesus Christ. John is very emphatic with the use of the word light using it several times in
Luke 7:24-29 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Background for this passage: John the Baptist was imprisoned because he dared to confront the king in his sin. (see Luke 3) In his apparent discouragement he sent some of his disciples to ask Jesus if He was truly the Messiah. Jesus’ questions concerning John were rhetorical, designed to lead the thinking of the people. He was
Luke 3:1-20 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Better yet, read it in more than one translation. Read this passage over and over to keep from missing the details. God speaks to our hearts through His Word if we will dwell there. I can only touch on a few highlights here. As had been recorded in Isaiah hundreds of years earlier, John’s place in history
John 5:39-40 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Better yet, read it in more than one translation. In this passage Jesus is talking to the Jews who were critical of Him and who would not believe his message. He was talking to people who knew the Scriptures, people who were diligent in studying them. Yet He was still critical of them because they would