{"id":584,"date":"2023-05-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=584&2023"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T00:00:13","slug":"the-carpenters-apprentice-luke-4-16-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/the-carpenters-apprentice-luke-4-16-30\/","title":{"rendered":"The Carpenter&#8217;s Apprentice: Luke 4:16-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 4:16-30 (NIrV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. On the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue as he usually did. He stood up to read.  <sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. Jesus unrolled it and found the right place. There it is written,<\/p> <p><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He has anointed me<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to announce the good news to poor people.<br>He has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He has sent me so that the blind will see again.<br>He wants me to set free those who are treated badly.<br><sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And he has sent me to announce the year when he will set his people free.\u201d <\/p> <p><sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus rolled up the scroll. He gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were staring at him.  <sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>He began by saying to them, \u201cToday this passage of Scripture is coming true as you listen.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone said good things about him. They were amazed at the gracious words they heard from his lips. \u201cIsn\u2019t this Joseph\u2019s son?\u201d they asked.<\/p> <p><sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus said, \u201cHere is a saying you will certainly apply to me. \u2018Doctor, heal yourself!\u2019 And you will tell me this. \u2018Do the things here in your hometown that we heard you did in Capernaum.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhat I\u2019m about to tell you is true,\u201d he continued. \u201cA prophet is not accepted in his hometown.  <sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>I tell you for sure that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. And there had been no rain for three and a half years. There wasn\u2019t enough food to eat anywhere in the land.  <sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>But Elijah was not sent to any of those widows. Instead, he was sent to a widow in Zarephath near Sidon.  <sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>And there were many in Israel who had skin diseases in the days of Elisha the prophet. But not one of them was healed except Naaman the Syrian.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>All the people in the synagogue were very angry when they heard that.  <sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>They got up and ran Jesus out of town. They took him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They planned to throw him off the cliff.  <sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>But Jesus walked right through the crowd and went on his way.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke 4:16-30&amp;version=nirv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 4:16-30<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Something I find amazing about Jesus is that He seemed to switch between teaching, healing, and helping people to challenging them and practically pushing them away. This is probably most visible in an event that happens at the beginning of Jesus\u2019 ministry.<\/p>\r\n<p>While coming home to Nazareth, Jesus comes to the synagogue on Sabbath, and He is invited to speak. So Jesus pulls a prophecy from Isaiah and shares how it is being fulfilled in their midst.<\/p>\r\n<p>The people in this synagogue were amazed and impressed by Jesus. \u201c<strong>Everyone said good things about him. They were amazed at the gracious words they heard from his lips. \u2018Isn\u2019t this Joseph\u2019s son?\u2019 they asked.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 22)<\/p>\r\n<p>However, right at the moment when Jesus is receiving the most praise does the switch flip and He moves to challenging those present. Jesus continued by saying, \u201c<strong>\u2018Here is a saying you will certainly apply to me. \u201cDoctor, heal yourself!\u201d And you will tell me this. \u201cDo the things here in your hometown that we heard you did in Capernaum.\u201d What I\u2019m about to tell you is true,\u2019 he continued. \u2018A prophet is not accepted in his hometown.\u2019<\/strong>\u201d (v. 23-24)<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus begins by drawing them towards a truth about who He is. But when they miss the relevance that He is talking about Himself and not simply sharing a typical message like they had heard during other weeks from other teachers, He shifts to challenging them regarding the core idea: These people like Jesus, but they don\u2019t think He is special or significant.<\/p>\r\n<p>Perhaps the truth that we read about here speaks to our own human nature. The closer we get to someone, or the longer we have known an individual, the less impressed we are with them. While there may be moments of triumph, we will remember the past and both the ups and the downs.<\/p>\r\n<p>These members of the Nazareth synagogue had watched Jesus grow up. They were among the closest to Jesus that a group of people could have been. But in their response, we see a key phrase that points us to what they really thought of Jesus: \u201c<strong>Isn\u2019t this Joseph\u2019s son?<\/strong>\u201d they comment among themselves.<\/p>\r\n<p>This tells us that even though they may have heard rumors about Jesus\u2019 virgin birth, most of them didn\u2019t believe it. To this group of people, Jesus was simply the carpenter\u2019s son and nothing more. He may have shared a great message, and there may be some amazing rumors circulating around about Him, but He is just a carpenter\u2019s apprentice to them \u2013 not the Messiah, God\u2019s Son. <\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Right at the moment that Jesus was receiving the greatest praise from men, He pushes them regarding who He truly is. Jesus starts with a compliment, but He ends with a challenging truth \u2013 and this challenge is one that you and I must answer for ourselves: Is Jesus God\u2019s Son and promised Messiah or is He simply a carpenter\u2019s apprentice and nothing more?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--584\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '584');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Something I find amazing about Jesus is that He seemed to switch between teaching, healing, and helping people to challenging them and practically pushing them away. This is probably most visible in an event that happens at the beginning of Jesus\u2019 ministry. 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