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Monday, August 31, 2020

Epiphany

“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4:18




Back in Jesus’ day, there were no social media posts, no viral videos. If there was, I  don’t think there would have been a video of the time Jesus went to a synagogue one Sabbath day in Nazareth. He was after all, an obscure young man in an even more obscure town. But it was certainly an earthshaking event. The King of Kings revealed Himself! That is what is called an “epiphany”. God revealed Himself. 


Jesus told His listeners that He was the anointed One, the Messiah they had been longing for. “Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing,” He proclaimed. Many thought that was fake news, but many believed and followed Him. After all, He made the blind see and the lame walk. He walked on water and made rough winds calm. He healed the sick and rebuked demons. 


The apologist Ravi Zacharias said that Jesus did not come to make bad people good, but to make dead people alive. Sometimes we feel dead inside, hopeless, depressed, in much pain. All we need to do is to pray that Jesus will show His face to us, to reveal to us that He is not fake news or a fake Messiah. He will because He came into the world to do exactly that! 


1 comment:

  1. Lovely summary Patsy... i am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly as Jesus said.
    And so Ravi Zacharias was right , now he'll know how right he was too. A gifted preacher.
    Thanks for sharing, and may God bless and keep you and all whom you love safe and well.
    Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz. X

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