Luke 4:31-37The Message (MSG)
31-32 He went down to Capernaum, a village in Galilee. He was teaching the people on the Sabbath. They were surprised and impressed—his teaching was so forthright, so confident, so authoritative, not the quibbling and quoting they were used to.
33-34 In the meeting place that day there was a man demonically disturbed. He screamed, “Ho! What business do you have here with us, Jesus? Nazarene! I know what you’re up to. You’re the Holy One of God and you’ve come to destroy us!”
35 Jesus shut him up: “Quiet! Get out of him!” The demonic spirit threw the man down in front of them all and left. The demon didn’t hurt him.
36-37 That set everyone back on their heels, whispering and wondering, “What’s going on here? Someone whose words make things happen? Someone who orders demonic spirits to get out and they go?” Jesus was the talk of the town.
I love what verse 32 says about Jesus' teachings. It says his teachings were so forthright, confident, and authoritative. Why do we doubt then if He doesn't quote anything? We should be listening to that kind of teaching and then our lives wouldn't be such a mess. We also need to speak to people and act like that too in a way. Then I love the part of the verse 37 where Jesus told the demon to leave and the people were questioning Him. Wanting to know what just happened. Jesus didi that by just his Words but yet there was so much power and meaning behind the words.
Jesus was the talk of the town for a good reason. We all know that praying words have power behind them but have you ever thought about the other words you say or write. I had to watch that closely at my last job and sometimes I still do around some friends. I want my words to be confident but yet be encouraging and meaningful to the people in my life. Even if that, means after a fight or disagreement. Yes, I might be quiet for a few days but hopefully I've thought about it and saw your side too or if we are close enough I'll talk to you about it but I'm not promising calmly. Though I will try. No one is that prefect.
You know that old saying, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." It is a cute saying but thinking about that saying with these verses it isn't true. While people might try to be tough, words can hurt them more then we could think. Your words have to match up with your actions and if they don't then you need to change something. You want to have nice words with nice actions, not bad words with bad actions.
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