Sunday, January 23, 2022

Sunday Scripture & Prayer Requests

Photo taken in the synagogue in Nazareth where Christ 
read from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. (Photo: D Giusti)
 

Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events
that have been fulfilled among us,
just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning
and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,
I too have decided,
after investigating everything accurately anew,
to write it down in an orderly sequence for you,
most excellent Theophilus, 
so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings
you have received.

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,
and news of him spread throughout the whole region.
He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.

He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
and went according to his custom 
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
            The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
                        because he has anointed me 
                        to bring glad tidings to the poor.
            He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
                        and recovery of sight to the blind,
                        to let the oppressed go free,
                        and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

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3 comments:

  1. What a gutsy move! I love gutsy moves, I love that he unrolled that scroll and read those prophetic words and declared Himself.... and we can look at that and see things unfurl before him, the beginnings of that long-predicted broken road...

    And yet He did it. He faced those who would doubt, made elders angry, and declared Himself the Son of God.

    Gutsy, yes. And amazing.

    But then, He's God and that's kind of how that goes.

    Thank you, Debby!

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  2. Christ never minced words. Right, Ruthy?

    Praying for all needs!

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