Epiphany 2 – Luke 4: 14 – 30

Regent Hall SA

In Jesus’ first year of ministry he’d performed some miracles, fed a lot of people, healed some others, preached some parables and he was teaching in the synagogue. It was all these things that had gained Jesus his popularity but it will also be all these things which later on earn him a lot of enemies and in particular his teaching. Jesus first listeners went from praises to wanting to see Jesus dead; but are we any better? The message of Jesus never changes, the blessings offered to those who receive him are the same today as they were when Jesus walked the earth and the challenge is the same too. Get popular with God, it may not always be easy but it will certainly be a life worth living. Captain Alison Stone