Responding to Rejection (Luke 4:14-30)

About this episode

This episode discusses Jesus' first and last sermon in Nazareth, highlighting the contrast between acceptance and rejection of his message.

Share a comment They invited Jesus to preach because he was famous. They tried to kill him because he told the truth. We open Luke 4 and follow Jesus back to Nazareth for what becomes his first sermon at home and his last one there, a moment that exposes how quickly “we love that verse” can turn into “we hate that message” when Scripture presses on pride. We watch Jesus take the Isaiah scroll and read a prophecy about the Spirit-anointed Messiah bringing good news to the poor, freedom for ca...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Davey

Topics covered

• rejection
• truth
• sermon
• pride
• good news
• freedom

Keywords

• rejection
• Jesus
• Nazareth
• sermon
• Luke 4
• truth
• Isaiah
• good news

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Isaiah, Luke

Places: Nazareth

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