Your Moment at the Well
The Lord’s insight. Don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t listen to the Lord.
Luke 4:31-32: “Then He went down to Capernaum – and was teaching them – And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority”.
This is a fundamental Truth. The things God wants us to hear we will find reason to reject. The things of the world we want to hear God will reject. Jesus had been teaching the people many things, but He was rejected by those in His home of Nazareth.
It is said that all those in the synagogue, were filled with wrath with the things He taught. They sought to throw Him out of the city to rid themselves of His teachings. They rejected Jesus and they rejected His teachings.
But Jesus taught then as His word now teaches with the divine backing of God the Father. He teaches not by the authority of man; not by the certification of man; but the by the power; the will; the divine plan of God. God will never stop trying to teach us with the Word that we would reject.
The people rejected that Jesus said the Spirit of the Lord was upon Him, because He was anointed to preach the gospel to the poor. The people didn’t want the people to have hope in anything but the things they taught.
Jesus told them He was there to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and to bring sight to the blind, and to set at liberty those who are oppressed. The people of the synagogue rejected His words because it was counter to their words.
But to those who heard His word, they were astonished. And we should be astonished too for God teaches of Himself, not of mathematical functions or scientific principles, but of the essence of His truth. Therein is the authority we should behold; Jesus teaches us of the essence of who He is through His word. He doesn’t teach us about something; He teaches us of something.
We need to be careful where and from whom we receive our teaching. Luke 4 is telling us it is in Capernaum that we can hear the Truth of the Word of God. Is what you are being taught delivered to you from Capernaum? Is it from someone who rambles on about worldly principles and views but they have no real authority behind them?
What the folks at Capernaum learned and what you and I can learn today is that knowledge of natural things; knowledge to run our government; our schools; our homes; all things – all authoritative knowledge comes first through He who teaches with authority.
We are Christ’s home; we are His children; we are His government; we are His all, so there is no real knowledge or authority about anything on earth apart from that found through Him. The question then for you and I is this. Are we individually people of the city of Capernaum who are taught by Christ to live in Christ by the word of Christ on the power and divine authority on Christ can give?
Be careful that in hearing and learning from places that are not from the Lord that you don’t come to reject the Word of God for the word of man. The Lord will always reject that which is contrary to Him. If you listen to the foolishness of the world God will reject your knowledge and count you as one of the many unlearned and misguided by what the world wants.
Be careful who you listen to. Make sure you accept what God says about what He says so that you are not rejected by Him for what you want Him to believe. God is not here to have you change what He believes. He is here to change what we believe.
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