Jesus' mission is: Spirit anointed, commissioned to preach good news to the poor, proclaim freedom to prisoners, recovery of sight to the blind, release to the oppressed and proclaiming the year of God's favour.
His claim in v21 is astonishing as it can only have meant Him and was chosen by Him. Jesus was claiming to be God's chosen One fulfilling the historical prophecy.
Jesus knew the crowds wanted Him to do miracles in His home town. He refused saying no prophet is accepted in his home town. He implied He was chosen to reach a select few and they were not necessarily part of that group. This immediately made them angry.
Jesus impressed as a teacher, because He had authority and power. The demons knew Jesus was "the Holy One of God" and "the Christ". Jesus stopped them speaking as His time to reveal who He was had not yet come.
Jesus knew He had come to preach but to do so He had to pray. Preaching was central to Jesus' mission, but prayer was central to Jesus' power.
Simon starts by seeing himself, then sees Jesus and submits, then sees himself and pushes Jesus away again, before Jesus calls Him back and calls Him forward to follow Him. Similarly, we need to follow Jesus in complete abandon.
Jesus found His workers at work in everyday life , willing for Jesus to use them. They had to let Jesus know best and tell them what to do, no matter how foolish it felt or looked.
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