Over time Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways. Let's take a moment to look at who Jesus really is according to scripture. Luke 4:30-36:
A Person of Great Authority and Power!
Luke 4:30-36
30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at this doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
After being removed from his local synagogue to be thrown over the cliff in his hometown of Nazareth (for Jesus had angered his neighbors by introducing himself as the Messiah through the reading of a passage of scripture recorded in Isaiah 61) Jesus went to the city of Capernaum and taught on the sabbath days.
Wow, was this Jesus bold, barely escaped death for openly admitting that he was the Messiah to his Jewish neighbors! And what does he do -- goes to another city and continues to teach and publicly demonstrate that what he had said in Nazareth about himself was indeed true!
He simply amazed the people in Capernaum with his teaching. They had never heard anyone in Israel teach with such authority. While he was teaching in one of the synagogues, there was a man there who was demon possessed. Jesus, teaching with the power of the Holy Spirit, stirred up the demon inside the man and he cried out and said, "I know who you are---The Holy One of God". (In other words, the Messiah). That's who Jesus had told his hometown folk that he was! But he didn't want the devil announcing who he was, that's for his followers to do! (Lol)
Well, Jesus proceeded to demonstrate who he was to the crowd by telling the demon to shut up and come out of the man! The demon threw the man to the ground but obeyed Jesus and came out of him as Jesus had commanded him, without hurting the man.
Wow, the crowd went wild with astonishment and said, "What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits and they come out"!
You have just taken a look at the real Jesus! After dying for our sins he got up from the dead and ascended into Heaven. And today he has the same authority and power over the devil as he did when he was on the earth. He is able and willing to deliver you and your family members from the power of the devil as well. Just ask him sincerely, and he will!
Then repent of your sins, calling on Jesus to save you and he will give you a new life! Get started now! It's a good day to get saved!
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