21 Then Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum, and he immediately started teaching on the Sabbath day in the synagogue. 22 The people were awestruck and overwhelmed by his teaching, because he taught in a way that demonstrated God’s authority, which was quite unlike the religious scholars.
23 Suddenly, during the meeting, a demon-possessed man screamed out, 24 “Hey! Leave us alone! Jesus the victorious, I know who you are. You’re God’s Holy One and you have come to destroy us!”
25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Silence! You are bound! Come out of him!”
26 The man’s body shook violently in spasms, and the demon hurled him to the floor until it finally came out of him with a deafening shriek! 27 The crowd was awestruck and unable to stop saying among themselves, “What is this new teaching that comes with such authority? With merely a word he commands demons to come out and they obey him!”
28 So the reports about Jesus spread like wildfire throughout every community in the region of Galilee.
29 Now, as soon as they left the meeting, they went straight to Simon and Andrew’s house, along with Jacob and John. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law was bedridden, sick with a high fever, so the first thing they did was to tell Jesus about her. 31 He walked up to her bedside, gently took her hand, and raised her up! Her fever disappeared and she began to serve them.
32 Later in the day, just after the Sabbath ended at sunset, the people kept bringing to Jesus all who were sick and tormented by demons, 33 until the whole village was crowded around the house. 34 Jesus cured many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew who he really was.
Tori's Comments:
I'm curious about what it means by "demonstrated God's authority", especially if the religious scholars did not even do this!
Wow! Even the demon had to praise God in his words, which is not my first thought. And Jesus has power over even what they say, over all, so whom shall we fear?
Terrie's Comments:
I love your comments on this Tori! I usually try to comment before reading your comments but I peaked :-) Jesus not only has all authority but he has given his followers that authority in His name to carry out his will in our lives.
Day 8
- Read Isaiah 40:1-11
- Attend a Christmas Eve Service together
- Leave a friendly note in a library book
- Have a marshmallow fight!
- Do something for a family member or neighbor
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