Jesus' authority exercised:
In His call to Simon and Andrew - calling them to leave their nets, which they immediately do, then James and John.
Jesus' authority is shown in His teaching and His casting out of evil spirits. He then shows His authority in healing many and various diseases and driving out demons.
The Galilean fisherman were to become personal soul-winners by leaving what they knew and changing it to fishing people. The conditions were unconditional surrender and absolute obedience.
Jesus' first thought is to get up and spend time alone in prayer - He attempts to do this, but various hinderances stop Him - the disciples, the crowds, the leprous man. We are now commanded to go into all the world - we MUST be obedient to Jesus' command and call.
Jesus could see beyond the crowd. He could see beyond what people's outward appearance was and could see what people were thinking. He responded accordingly He was proving He really is God.
Jesus always responded simply by showing in different ways that He is God - people will always have questions, God will always have answers. Whether people will take time to listen is another matter.
Jesus was above the laws - He is the Lord of all. He left those who judged Him as those condemned, rather than those they thought were sinful. Jesus often surprises.
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