Men's Breakfast on Saturday morning, 8 AM.
Coffee will be on at 6:30 so come early to visit and bring a friend.
Scripture for Sunday
Luke 4:21-30 (ESV)
21 And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.” 24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away.
Questions for Reflection
1. What does the old saying mean, "You can never go home again"?
2. How did Jesus apply the passage He read from Isaiah? (4:21)
3. What difficulty were the people having in accepting Jesus’ words? (4:22)
4. What were the main points of Jesus’ words to the people in His hometown? (4:23-27)
5. Why were the people angry with what Jesus said? (4:23-29)
6. How did the people express their anger at Jesus’ message? (4:28-30)
7. What kind of reception should we expect when we speak the truth?
8. How did Jesus’ message illustrate the fact that God does not favor one culture over another?
9. What did Jesus know firsthand about rejection?
10. To what extent will people go to avoid hearing the truth about themselves?
11. Why do we sometimes try to avoid facing the truth about ourselves?
