Weekly Sermons

The Anointed One is for Everyone    Luke 4:14-30

The Battle of Cowpens – January 17^th, 1781

We have…abundant reasons to thank Providence for its many favorable interpositions in our behalf. It has at times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.   -General Washington, March 1781

Jesus returns to Nazareth                                                      V. 14-16a

“Repent and believe in the good news, because the Kingdom of Heaven has come near”   (Matthew 4:16-17 & Mark 1:14-15).

Nazareth was a small hill town in Galilee, 3.5 miles from Sepphoris, the Roman capitol of Galilee until AD 20. Sepphoris was opulent, Nazareth was ___________________.

Jesus __________________ in the synagogue service         V. 16b-17

The Bible’s books were divided into chapters in AD 1250 by Cardinal Hugo for the Latin Bible. In 1551 Robert Estienne introduced a Greek NT with verse divisions. In 1560 the Geneva Bible was the first English Bible to have verse divisions.

Jesus identifies _______________ as the Messiah              V. 18-22

Isaiah 61:1-2a

They want to see Jesus work miracles for themselves. They came more from curiosity then ___________________ spiritual interest. But Jesus wasn’t playing along!

Jesus states that the Messiah is for _______ peoples!        V. 23-27

Jesus was saying that His hearers were as unbelieving as the citizens of the northern kingdom of Israel in the days of Elijah and Elisha, a time notorious for its great wickedness.                -Life Application Study Bible

Jesus gets run out of town                                                    V. 28-30

Jesus got run out of His earthly hometown so _________________ like you and I could run to Him in Heaven!