St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Luke 4:14-21 describes the initial days of Jesus' ministry, straight out of forty days of overcoming Satan in the wilderness. His first recorded sermon in Nazareth is prophetic such that the crowd attempted to kill him. He's confronting his own people's exclusivity expressed in nationalism. He points to both Elijah and Elisha and their ministry to Gentiles. He's expanding the Kingdom of God to the whole world. His take on the "acceptable year of the Lord," wasn't acceptable to them. Ponder this message and mission of Jesus. He's quoting and personalizing Isaiah 61 and he fulfills it through his Church.