Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Luke 4-5.
In today's reading, after His baptism, Jesus went out into the wilderness with the Holy Spirit for 40 days, fasting.
There, He was tempted by the devil, who tried to get Him to disobey God.
Jesus triumphed, however, and left the wilderness to begin His ministry.
He went around to the synagogues, teaching and preaching, and many people listened to Him.
He also began to heal the sick and cast out demons, who, knowing He was the Son of God, wondered if He had come to destroy them. Even the demons know who He is, and what His purpose is.
And people were talking about Him, and beginning to follow Him.
Around this time, He began to call His first disciples: Simon Peter, the brothers James and John, and Levi, also called Matthew, the tax collector.
After that, Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees began to grumble that He was eating with tax collectors and sinners, but Jesus said:
Luke 5:31-32 - "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Thus showing how the Pharisees missed the point.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Luke 6-7.
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