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0:00Luke [music] chapter 4. In the previous
0:03chapter, Luke gave us the entire
0:06genealogy of Jesus from Adam to himself.
0:11And now he's going to show us that Jesus
0:14was not just a man, although it is
0:17critical that he was a human being in
0:19order to come and do what only a man
0:21could do. In the in the same way though,
0:24he's going to stress how submitted he
0:27was to the indwelling divine spirit in
0:32him.
0:34Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
0:38from the Jordan and was led around by
0:41the spirit in the wilderness for 40
0:43days, being tempted by the devil. And he
0:47ate nothing during those days. And when
0:49they had ended, he became hungry. And
0:52the devil said to him, "If you are the
0:55son of God, tell this stone to become
0:58bread." And Jesus answered him, "It is
1:02written, man shall not live on bread
1:04alone."
1:06And he led him up and showed him all the
1:08kingdoms of the world in a moment of
1:10time. And the devil said to him,"I will
1:14give you all this domain and its glory,
1:17for it has been handed over to me, and I
1:20give it to whomever I wish. Therefore,
1:23if you worship before me, it shall be
1:26yours." Jesus answered him, "It [music]
1:29is written, you shall worship the Lord
1:31your God and serve him only." And he led
1:34him to Jerusalem and had him stand on
1:37the pinnacle of the temple and said to
1:38him, "If you are the son of God, throw
1:41yourself down from here. For it is
1:43written, I will command my angels
1:45concerning you to guard you." And on
1:48their hands they will bear you up so
1:51that you will not strike your foot
1:52against a stone. And Jesus answered and
1:55said to him, "It is said, you shall not
1:58put the Lord your God to the test." When
2:01the devil had finished every temptation,
2:04he left him until an opportune time.
2:07So in the previous chapter, Luke really
2:11emphasizes that Jesus is the son of
2:14Adam.
2:16And that means that Jesus is going to
2:17come and do what Adam failed to do.
2:22And I said that he was going to be
2:24tempted just like Adam was tempted. Now,
2:27the betrayal that Adam committed in the
2:30Garden of Eden was that he was made in
2:33the image and glory of God. And it was
2:37God's will that the relationship between
2:41the heavenly father and the earthly son
2:44would allow God's grace and dominion to
2:47flow through Adam in the tending and
2:50care of the earth and the people that
2:53were going to live on it. But instead,
2:57Adam subverted that relationship and
3:00took the dominion God had given him and
3:03brought himself under obedience and
3:05dominion to God's archeneemy, the devil.
3:09So now Jesus is going to encounter the
3:12devil. And the devil's going to try to
3:14do with Jesus exactly what he did with
3:16Adam.
3:18And he's going to test, are you going to
3:20be God's son or are you going to become
3:24my tool like Adam did?
3:27Do you understand? So that's how the
3:29devil is treating him. But Jesus is in
3:33complete submission to the Holy Spirit.
3:36So Luke emphasizes Jesus full of the
3:39Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan. He
3:41was led by the spirit into the
3:43wilderness. And when he gets there, he
3:47eats nothing. He's depriving himself. So
3:50the fall in Eden begins with eating,
3:53doesn't it? It begins with putting your
3:56needs first. It begins with putting
3:59appetite higher than it should be. And
4:02so Jesus's ministry begins with eating
4:04nothing for 40 days to to acknowledge
4:07and testify, I am not going to be
4:11controlled by my appetites.
4:14And there, even though he's not eating,
4:17the devil comes to him and he he says,
4:21"If you are the son of God, tell the
4:24stone to become bread." So he says, "If
4:27you're the son of God, use the powers
4:30that God has given you to serve
4:32yourself."
4:34And as I've said before, Jesus never
4:37used his power to protect or provide for
4:40himself. His power was always outturned
4:44in service of others and in obedience to
4:47a bigger picture and a bigger will from
4:49God. So the devil's saying, "You're
4:52hungry. You're needy. Serve yourself.
4:56Make this about you. Forget that you are
4:59here to bear the image and glory of your
5:01father."
5:04And Jesus responds by invoking the word
5:08of God. He doesn't argue with him. He
5:10doesn't reason. He doesn't discuss it
5:12with someone else like Adam and Eve did.
5:15You see, Eve fell because she was
5:17willing to have the conversation with
5:19the devil and she needed to shut him
5:21down with the word of God. That's what
5:23Jesus is doing.
5:25So then the devil takes him and shows
5:27him all the kingdoms of the world in a
5:29moment of time.
5:32Okay, here we go. Jesus is here to take
5:35back something from the devil. Is he
5:37here to take back all the kingdoms and
5:40political systems of the world? No. He's
5:43here to take back the human soul. He's
5:46here to take back human faith. He's here
5:49to take back those who bear not the
5:52image of Caesar on a coin, but those who
5:54bear the image of God. He's here to take
5:57back us. So, he's not interested in the
6:00kingdoms of this world. The devil shows
6:02him all the kingdoms of this world and
6:04he says,"I will give you all this
6:07domain." He knows that Jesus is here to
6:10take control back that Adam gave him. So
6:14he says, "Isn't this what you want?
6:16Don't you want these nations? Don't you
6:18want these political powers? I will give
6:20you all this domain and its glory."
6:25There's his counterfeit glory. Jesus is
6:28living for the glory of his father. He
6:30was made in the image and glory of God.
6:33Right? But the devil says, "I've got a
6:35counterfeit glory. I'll give you all of
6:37these these kingdoms, these political
6:39nations, and their glory, for it has
6:43been handed over to me." Who handed it
6:46over to him? Adam, Jesus's natural
6:50father, but not his spiritual father.
6:54And I give it to whomever I wish. This
6:58is quite a statement and it's the truth.
7:01Every system built on the threat of
7:04death is a system that Satan has
7:07ultimate control over.
7:09He holds people in bondage all their
7:11lifetime through the fear of death. He
7:14has the power of death. That is the
7:16devil. This is what Hebrews tells us.
7:19Therefore, if you worship me, literally,
7:22if you just bow down before me, if
7:25you'll just acknowledge,
7:27if you'll submit yourself to me and do
7:31it my way, I'll give you all this glory
7:34that I've been covetous of
7:37from the beginning." Jesus answers, "It
7:40is written, you shall worship the Lord
7:42your God and serve him only."
7:46So it's not just bending the knee. It's
7:49a service. I'm not going to become a
7:52tool in your system, Satan, because I am
7:55serving and bowing to another king.
7:59And then he takes him to Jerusalem,
8:01the temple, which by this point had
8:05ceased to be a a a legitimate expression
8:09of the other kingdom. And it had become
8:11an expression of Herod's power. It had
8:13become an expression of controlling
8:15people. And he's saying, "Throw yourself
8:18down from here. Use your power."
8:24And he says, "You shall not put the Lord
8:26your God to the test.
8:29You, it's not my place to coers God to
8:33do what I need or what I want." Jesus is
8:36saying, "It's my place to find his will
8:38and live for it."
8:42And Jesus returned to Galilee in the
8:45power of the spirit. So he came up from
8:48the Jordan in the power of the spirit.
8:49He was led by the spirit into the
8:51wilderness. He answers the devil with
8:54the truth of the spirit. And now verse
8:5714. And Jesus returned to Galilee in the
9:00power of the spirit. He left in the
9:02power of the spirit. He dealt with the
9:05devil. And he came back in the power of
9:07the spirit. He didn't come back having
9:09blown it. He didn't come back having
9:12compromised.
9:15And news about him spread through all
9:17the surrounding district. And he began
9:19teaching in their synagogues and was
9:21praised by all. And he came to Nazareth
9:25where he had been brought up. And as was
9:28his custom, he entered the synagogue on
9:30the Sabbath and stood up to read. And
9:33the book of the prophet Isaiah was
9:36handed to him. And he opened the book
9:39and found the place where it was
9:40written, "The spirit of the Lord is upon
9:44me."
9:46Because he anointed me to preach the
9:49gospel to the poor. He sent me to
9:52proclaim release to the captives and
9:55recovery of sight to the blind, to set
9:58free those who are oppressed, to
10:01proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.
10:04This is what Jesus came to take back.
10:09He came to take back the poor who've
10:13been oppressed. He came to take back the
10:16prisoners who are in chains. He came to
10:19take back the blind who are confused and
10:22deceived. He came to take back the
10:25oppressed
10:27by sin and to declare that slavery is
10:31over and this is the year of Jubilee.
10:34And how can he do this? How can he take
10:37all this back? Because the spirit of the
10:40Lord is upon him. So he came from the
10:44Jordan in the power of the spirit. He
10:46went into the wilderness in the power of
10:47the spirit. He returned in the power of
10:49the spirit. And he goes into church on
10:51the first Sabbath and opens the
10:52scripture and says, "The spirit is upon
10:54me." This is how he's going to take it
10:57back. This is fulfilling what John said
10:59in the previous chapter. One is coming
11:02after me who will baptize you with the
11:04Holy Spirit and fire.
11:07And as he closed the book, he gave it
11:09back to the attendant and sat down. And
11:12the eyes of all the synagogue were fixed
11:14on him.
11:16And he began to say to them, "Today
11:20this scripture has been fulfilled in
11:23your hearing." And all were speaking
11:26well of him and wondering at the
11:29gracious words which were falling from
11:32his lips.
11:34And they were saying, "Is this not
11:38Joseph's son?"
11:41And he said to them, "No doubt you will
11:43quote this proverb to me. Physician,
11:46heal yourself.
11:48Whatever we heard was done at Capernium,
11:51do here in your hometown as well." And
11:54he said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet
11:57is welcome in his hometown."
12:00But I say to you in truth that there
12:03were many widows in Israel in the days
12:06of Elijah when the sky was shut up for 3
12:09years and 6 months when a great famine
12:12came over all the land. And yet Elijah
12:15was sent to none of them but only to
12:21Zerapath in the land of Siden to a woman
12:25who was a widow. And there were many
12:28lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha
12:31the prophet. And none of them were
12:33cleansed, but only non the Syrian.
12:38So he has come into his hometown and
12:41he's begun to preach and they are
12:44dazzled by his anointing. What gracious
12:47words are falling from his lips. Wow.
12:52But then that little competitive spirit
12:55of familiarity that breeds contempt
12:58starts working in their minds and they
13:00say, "Isn't he Joseph's son? Aren't his
13:04brothers and sisters here with us? Let's
13:07shrink him down to something we can
13:09understand and screw the lid back on.
13:12Let's not get too carried away with
13:14faith here."
13:16And he tells them they're going to one
13:18day say, "Position, heal yourself."
13:21Which is what they said at the cross.
13:24He tells them they're going to say to
13:26him, "Perform the works here in Nazareth
13:28that you did in Capernium. Show it off.
13:31Tell us. Let us see it." And he says, "A
13:36prophet is welcomed everywhere but in
13:38his hometown."
13:40And he tells them just like in the days
13:41of Elijah where there were many widows
13:44but Elijah was sent to a foreign widow
13:47and just like in the days of Elisha when
13:49there were many lepers in the community
13:51of Israel but only a foreigner was
13:55healed. He's saying my hometown isn't
13:58going to get the grace of God because
14:01you don't have honor because you don't
14:03have faith. You're not going to be able
14:06to see and receive what you hoped for.
14:12And all the people in the synagogue were
14:14filled with rage as they heard these
14:18things.
14:20And they got up and drove him out of the
14:23city and led him to the brow of the hill
14:26on which their city had been built in
14:29order to throw him down the cliff.
14:35But passing through their midst,
14:38he went his way.
14:40And he came down to Capernaum, a city of
14:44Galilee, and he was teaching them on the
14:46Sabbath. And they were amazed at his
14:49teaching, for his message was with
14:52authority.
14:53In the synagogue, there was a man
14:56possessed by the spirit of an unclean
14:58demon, and he cried out with a loud
15:00voice, "Let us alone. What business do
15:03we have with each other, Jesus of
15:05Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I
15:09know who you are, the Holy One of God.
15:12But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet
15:15and come out of him." [clears throat]
15:17And when the demon had thrown him down
15:19in the midst of the people, he came out
15:21of him without doing him any harm. And
15:24amazement came upon them all. And they
15:27began talking with one another, saying,
15:30"What is this message? For with
15:33authority and power he commands the
15:36unclean spirits, and they come out and
15:39the report about him was spreading into
15:41every locality in the surrounding
15:44district." So here we have a stark
15:47juiposition, a contrast. We have one
15:50Sabbath,
15:52two meetings, two church services. In
15:55one service, they're amazed at his
15:58preaching until he says, "The scripture
16:01is fulfilled today. We're not
16:03speculating and commenting on past Bible
16:06stories. God is doing something today."
16:09And then they got offended and they
16:11started saying, "Wait a minute. We know
16:12who you are. You're one of us." and
16:15their familiarity
16:17caused them to lose all of their honor.
16:21And he was saying,"I wasn't sent to you
16:24because I'm sent to the honoring like
16:27Elijah was sent to the widow and Elisha
16:31sent to non. I'm not sent to you." So
16:33they try to kill him there in Nazareth.
16:35Bring him to the brow of a cliff and he
16:37passes right through them because his
16:39time hadn't come. And where does he go
16:41on the same Sabbath? He goes down to
16:43Capernaum and he walks into their
16:45Sabbath meeting and he has the miracle
16:47that couldn't happen in Nazareth.
16:50A man is delivered of a demon and the
16:52word and promise and hope start
16:54spreading everywhere. But in his
16:55hometown,
16:57it couldn't happen. They couldn't see
16:59the miracle because it was too close to
17:01home.
17:04They couldn't see the anointing because
17:06they knew who his family was.
17:08and they couldn't receive the
17:10fulfillment [music] and the deliverance.
17:13They couldn't be part of the
17:14deliverance. They stayed in their
17:16prison. They stayed in their poverty.
17:18They stayed in their blindness.
17:22And they didn't partake of the jubilee.
17:25Even though the spirit of the Lord was
17:26upon him because they were too stuck up
17:28in their head, in their pride,
17:32he wasn't sent to them. Then he got up
17:35and left the synagogue and entered
17:37Simon's home. Now Simon's mother-in-law
17:40was suffering from a high fever, and
17:42they asked him to help her. And standing
17:45over her, he rebuked the fever, and it
17:48left her. And she immediately got up and
17:50waited on them. While the sun was
17:53setting, all those who had any who were
17:55sick with various diseases brought them
17:58to him,
18:01and laying his hands on each one of
18:03them, he was healing them.
18:06Demons also were coming out of many,
18:08shouting, "You are the son of God." But
18:11rebuking them, he would not allow them
18:13to speak because they knew him to be the
18:17Messiah, the Christ.
18:20When day came, Jesus left and went to a
18:23secluded place, and the crowds were
18:25searching for him and came to him and
18:27tried to keep him from going away from
18:29them.
18:31But he said to them, "I must preach the
18:33kingdom of God to the other cities also,
18:37for I was sent for this purpose." So he
18:40[music] kept on preaching in the
18:41synagogues of Judea.
18:44So we have him full of the spirit, and
18:46in his hometown, they chase him away and
18:49try to push him over a cliff. But in the
18:51other towns, they try to keep him
18:53[music] from leaving.
18:56One is honor, and it releases faith, and
18:58that releases a miracle. The other is
19:01familiarity and contempt. And it blocks
19:05honor and it blocks faith and it
19:07prevents a miracle and it turns to
19:10murder.

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