06-12-2022 – ”Jesus Came to Proclaim the Kingdom of God”

Bible Text: Luke 4:31-44 | Speaker: Pastor Mike Hale | Series: Luke |

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June 12, 2022
“Jesus Came to Proclaim the Kingdom of God”
Luke 4:31-44

Read Luke 4:31-37… 

31 And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He
was teaching them on the Sabbath;

32 and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was
with authority.

33 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of
an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

34 “Let us alone! What business do we have with each other,
Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You
are–the Holy One of God!”

35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of
him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of
the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

36 And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking
with one another saying, “What is this message? For with
authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they
come out.”

37 And the report about Him was spreading into every locality in
the surrounding district.

 

Jesus provided forgiveness for sins and eternal life.

 

Mark 1:14-17,

14 Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into
Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at
hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

16 As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon
and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for
they were fishermen.

17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you
become fishers of men.”

 

Matthew 4:13,

13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in
Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and
Naphtali.

 

 

Wow!  Jesus’ presence and preaching “with authority,”
freaked out the demon in this man, who cried out.  Jesus
came to conquer the kingdom of darkness that Satan ruled,
and this demon served. 

 

Colossians 1:3,

3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
praying always for you,

 

Colossians 1:13-20,

13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and
transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation.

16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on
earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities–all things have been created through Him
and for Him.

17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will
come to have first place in everything.

19 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to
dwell in Him,

20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having
made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say,
whether things on earth or things in heaven.

 

(2Corinthians 4:6),

6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the
One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

 

Note again in

 

Luke 4:34…

34 “Let us alone! What business do we have with each other,
Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You
are–the Holy One of God!”

 

The demon knows who Jesus is. 

 

1John 3:8b,

8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has
sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this
purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

 

Matthew 25:41,

41 “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me,
accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for
the devil and his angels;

 

See Revelation 20:1-3,

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key
of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the
devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over
him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until
the thousand years were completed; after these things he must
be released for a short time.

 

Revelation 20:7-10…

7 When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released
from his prison,

8 and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four
corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for
the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore.

9 And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire
came down from heaven and devoured them.

10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of
fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are
also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

 

Jesus rebukes the demon

 

(see Luke 4:35-36),

35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of
him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of
the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

36 And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking
with one another saying, “What is this message? For with
authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they
come out.”

 

Luke 4:37

“And the report about [Jesus] was spreading into every locality in
the surrounding district”

 

(cf. Matthew 9:33),

33 After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the
crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Nothing like this has
ever been seen in Israel.”

 

Luke presents an orderly and historically accurate account
of the life of Jesus.

 

Read Luke 4:38-39… 

8 Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s
home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high
fever, and they asked Him to help her.

39 And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her;
and she immediately got up and waited on them.

 

Jesus goes to the house of Simon Peter (Greek) or Cephas
(Aramaic), later to become a disciple of Jesus.  Originally
from Bethsaida

 

(cf. John 1:35-44),

35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, the
Lamb of God!”

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them,
“What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi (which translated
means Teacher), where are You staying?”

39 He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and
saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day,
for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

41 He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, “We
have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You
are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is
translated Peter).

43 The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He found
Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.”

44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and
Peter.

 

Simon moved to Capernaum for his fishing business with
brother Andrew

 

(cf. Matthew 4:18-22),

18 Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two
brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

19 And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers
of men.”

20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

21 Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their
father, mending their nets; and He called them.

22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed
Him.

 

and also the brothers James and John

 

(cf. Luke 5:1-11).

1 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him
and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of
Gennesaret;

2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the
fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

3 And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked
him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and
began teaching the people from the boat.

4 When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into
the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

5 Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night
and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the
nets.”

6 When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish,
and their nets began to break;

7 so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to
come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats,
so that they began to sink.

8 But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet,
saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

9 For amazement had seized him and all his companions because
of the catch of fish which they had taken;

10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear, from
now on you will be catching men.”

11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left
everything and followed Him.

 

Simon’s mother-in-law has a high [Greek, mega] fever.
Jesus holds her hand

 

(cf. Matthew 8:15;

15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up
and waited on Him.

 

Mark 1:31),

31 And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand,
and the fever left her, and she waited on them.

 

then rebukes the fever; she is healed, gets up and serves
the Sabbath meal to her guests

 

(cf. Luke 5:10).

10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear, from
now on you will be catching men.”

 

Read Luke 4:40-41…

40 While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were
sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His
hands on each one of them, He was healing them.

41 Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the
Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to
speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

 

Sabbath was ending, restrictions on travel, work, etc.,
would end, so many people brought their ill family
members to Simon’s house for healing, as Mark records

 

(Mark 1:33),

33 The whole city had gathered at the door.

 

Jesus didn’t want demons declaring He was “the Son of
God,” there was much enmity between the Son of God and
Satan’s demons

 

(Mark 3:22),

22 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘He
is possessed by Beelzebul [2Kings 1:3, Baal-zebub] and ‘He casts
out the demons by the ruler of the demons.’

 

Because the Pharisees couldn’t deny Jesus’ miracles,
accused Him of doing His miracles by the power of
Beelzebub [Satan himself]. 

 

Read Luke 4:42-44… 

42 When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and
the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to
keep Him from going away from them.

43 But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to
the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

44 So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

 

Jesus goes off to have some time with the Father. 

 

Mark 1:35,

35 In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left
the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying
there.

 

The crowds found Him, pleading for Him not to go away
from them. Jesus had come from the Father

 

(cf. John 1:14)

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw
His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of
grace and truth.

 

full of grace and truth, to show us the Father

 

(John 1:18),

18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who
is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

 

and to “take away the sin of the world!”

 

(John 1:29).

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold,
the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

 

Jesus came to proclaim forgiveness for all those who
believe in Him.

 

The kingdom of God is the realm of salvation for all who
repent and believe in God’s Son..  At the beginning of
Jesus’ ministry, He said

 

(Mark 1:15,

15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at
hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

 

Mark 1:17),

17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you
become fishers of men.”

 

Jesus came to preach the Good News of Salvation, and
teach the truth of God’s Word to all who will believe in
Him, becoming His witnesses in order to proclaim Jesus
Christ

 

(John 14:6)

6 Jesus said to him, “I [He is] am the way, and the truth, and the
life; no one comes to the Father but through Me [Him].

 

Romans 10:9-10,

9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe
in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved;

10 for with [your] the heart [you] believe, resulting in
righteousness, and with [your] mouth [you] confess, resulting in
salvation.”

 

Romans 10:13-15,

13 for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD [for
the forgiveness of sin] WILL BE SAVED.”

14 How then will they [who have not heard] call on Him in whom
they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they
have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written,
“HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD
NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!”

 

There is no better news than forgiveness for all your sin
and eternal life in heaven with God.  Jesus is not here to
proclaim the gospel, so those who belong to Him must
bring the good news of salvation to all who will listen. 

 

 

 

Pastor Mike

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