Luke 4 and 5 are proving to be very challenging chapters as we see Jesus set out on his mission to make the good news of the kingdom of God known. That good news begin that he has come to bring freedom and the year of the Lord's favour.
We live in a world where we create a false dichotomy between words and actions, even within the church there is that debate when it comes to evangelism. With Jesus you see that there is no debate he simply engages in mission. A mission in which he speaks the words that bring freedom and that show his authority but which is also people centred and demonstrates to them what it is like to be in the kingdom.
He then goes on to call his disciples to come be fishers of men. To engage with his mission of proclamation but also of action. The call for us is to engage with those around us showing them the difference the kingdom, which we are in because of the gospel, makes. Just as Israel was God's light to the nations as they lived out their calling as a royal priesthood so it is with us. We must preach the gospel while modelling its effectiveness.
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