{"id":1023,"date":"2021-08-01T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T04:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2021-08-01T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T04:39:08","slug":"13-speaking-with-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2021\/08\/01\/13-speaking-with-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Speaking with Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Situation:<\/strong>
Have you ever sent an older child to give instruction to a younger child, only to have the child come back and tell you, \u201cJohnnie wouldn\u2019t listen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? The younger child doesn\u2019t want to be bossed by his older sibling is one reason, usually. But, the bigger reason is that they don\u2019t see the older sibling as the authority. Mom and dad are the authority, not big brothers.
Now, if the younger brother would have said, \u201cJohnnie, Mom said\u2026.\u201d That brings a little more weight. But, when mom is there, Johnnie better obey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s passage the people recognize the difference between God\u2019s authority, in Jesus, and the older sibling, who is just repeating what other Rabbis are saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Passage: Luke 4:31-37<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What were the 2 things that amazed the people? What was amazing about them? (Luke 4:32, Luke 4:36)<\/li>
  2. Why do you think Jesus told the demon possessed man not to proclaim who He was? (Luke 4:35)<\/li>
  3. By what authority did Jesus cast the demon out? (Luke 4:35)<\/li>
  4. What insights does Mark 1:27 add to this?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The Scene:<\/strong>
    After being rejected in Nazareth, Jesus sets up \u201cshop\u201d in Capernaum. For most of the rest of his ministry, he will be based out of Capernaum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Capernaum was a major trade route from Egypt through to the areas north of Israel. So, it was an ideal place from which Jesus to base his ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After getting settled, on the Sabbath, Jesus followed his normal custom by entering the synagogue and following the tradition of a rabbi. (Luke 4:31-32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The people were amazed at the authority by which he taught.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On this particular day, in this particular synagogue, there was a demon possessed man. Whether he was a regular attender, or someone who came because Jesus was there, we don\u2019t know. But he was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The demon possessed man confronted Jesus, right in the middle of the synagogue service. Jesus rebuked him and told him to be silent, then cast the demon out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The people were amazed again with the authority in which he wielded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Purpose:<\/strong>
    There are a couple things that we need to mention to help us understand a bit more of what was going on here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Holman said that Rabbis taught based on the authority of the Hebrew writings and the teachings of other Rabbis. They were constantly quoting other rabbis, and did not teach as an authority themselves. Jesus taught as an authority himself!<\/li>
    2. The Rabbis had very ritualistic ways of exorcism. You see this a little in the 2nd episode of The Chosen. Nicodemus is called upon to cast the demon out of Mary. He follows the rabbinical ritual. But, Jesus did not. He simply spoke, and the demon obeyed!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The Words Jesus spoke were God\u2019s Words! The authority Jesus wielded was God in the flesh! Jesus, as the living breathing Word was displaying God Himself, in the flesh. The words He spoke and the things he did, were the works of God! What the people witnessed that day was God Himself, doing His work, through the man, Christ Jesus! And it made an impact. They clearly saw something was different about Jesus!
      It\u2019s interesting how often the words, \u201cthey were amazed\u201d are used when God shows up and is clearly seen through what Jesus did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Plan:<\/strong>
      Are you available to be God\u2019s hands, feet, ears and mouth, here on earth? You and I are called to follow Jesus example. We are God\u2019s ambassadors (2 Cor 5:20). He wants to communicate to the world around us what He is like, through what we do and what we say. That\u2019s what Jesus was doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Are those who witness your life, amazed at the work of God through you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Jesus spoke with boldness and authority, because the words He spoke were God\u2019s words. The same is true for us! When we use the Word of God in speaking to others, we can speak with boldness and confidence, because we ARE speaking the very Words of God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Today, I pray that you will recognize the authority by which you can speak, so that you will speak with boldness. I pray also that you will be available for God Himself to do His work through your life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Our Situation:Have you ever sent an older child to give instruction to a younger child, only to have the child come back and tell you, \u201cJohnnie wouldn\u2019t listen to me.\u201d Why? The younger child doesn\u2019t want to be bossed by his older sibling is one reason, usually. But, the bigger reason is that they don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130595],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reflections-of-jesus","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}