Luke 4:14

Luke 4:14 says, And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.  Jesus was led by the Spirit back to Galilee, and His fame spread throughout the region.  We need to spread the truth of Jesus Christ throughout the area where we are, and to be led by the Holy Spirit as we do so today.  Verse fifteen adds, And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.  Jesus taught in the synagogues and was glorified by all.  The people in this small area were willing to hear and even admire Jesus as a teacher.  Some people today still see Jesus as only a good teacher and even admire His teachings, but believe that is all He was.  Verse sixteen states, And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.  Jesus then returned to His hometown of Galilee, still led by the Holy Spirit.  Jesus did not return there for their praise, but to teach them in the synagogue as well.  He was not back as the carpenter's son, but as God's Son.  When we become a Christian, we can never return to where we grew up as the same person, since we should have grown in our relationship with God.  Verse seventeen adds, And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,  Jesus was given the book of Isaiah to teach from.  We need to make sure that our teaching is based on God's word, not only when we gather together to worship, but in all of life.   Verse eighteen says, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,  Verse nineteen adds, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.  This passage is from Isaiah 61: 1-2.  Jesus referred to God's word there in the synagogue, and so must we in the church today.  Verse twenty continues, And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.   Everyone had their eyes focused on Jesus,  and so must we today as Christians.  After reading the scripture, Jesus closed the book and returned it to the minister.  Jesus did not really need the actual book to know what it said, and we as followers of Christ today should know at least the basics of what God's word says, and ministers of God's word should always make sure that what they preach and teach is grounded in God's word.  Verse twenty-one concludes, And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.  This passage in Isaiah referred to the coming Messiah, and Jesus said it was fulfilled that day.  Jesus is the Messiah that they looked for then and the Messiah that we look back to now.  When Jesus came, He fulfilled all the scripture concerning the Messiah.