Sunday, 26 January 2014

The Authority of Jesus

“They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.  The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.  
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out,  
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” 
“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”  
The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. 
The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him.”  
News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee”
                                                                 Mark 1:21-28
Mark tells us that the people were amazed at the teachings of Jesus. He “taught them as one who had authority not as the teachers of the law.”
He cast out demons from a man in the synagogue and he notes that the evil spirit in the man identified Jesus as “the Holy One of God!”
These are things that prove Jesus is the one and only Son of God.
Within the Bible there is no debate as to who Jesus was. The disciples and the people around Jesus bore witness to what he did and when he did them.
The gospel writers do not shy away from anything that Jesus did.
They simply wrote it down and presented it to all who would care to read it allowing them to decide for themselves who Jesus was.
Who do you think he is?

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