Rejecting an unliked God - Carlsbad Current-Argus

Rejecting an unliked God - Carlsbad Current-Argus

In the Fourth Chapter of Luke, something astonishing happens. First, Jesus is tempted by Satan with the possibility of power, security, and spectacle—all three of which Jesus flatly rejects. Then, upon returning to Nazareth, Jesus proclaims himself to be the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy that God’s Chosen would bring good news to the poor, proclaim release to the captives, bring recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, an…