Luke 4: 28-30
“28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.”
Jesus told the people of Nazareth, who were in the synagogue, that God had favored the gentiles over the Jews at different times in their history. They reacted to this with rage and violence, even though Jesus was quoting stories from their own scriptures.
The words of Jesus are often hard to hear and harder to bear. They make us look at ourselves in the light of God’s perfect love, His truth, mercy and forgiveness and we fall short. Our need for a savior is laid bare.
It is at this point that we either fall weeping before Christ or we attempt to rid ourselves of Christ.
The people of Nazareth attempted to throw Christ over a cliff. But this is not how Christ would be lifted up.
God had another plan.
May the love of Christ be with you,
Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)