The people of Nazareth rejected Jesus, but the Lord subsequently traveled to Capernaum, where He performed a miracle and demonstrated His power in the spiritual realm. Here, Jesus exercises His authority not only in word but also in deed in that He casts out a demon, setting free a man who was held in bondage. This text tells us that ultimate power rests not in the hands of unclean, evil spirits but in the hands of the pure and holy God who delivers people from bondage. Our Scripture focus will be Luke 4:31-37.

(From the series The Gospel of Luke, a verse-by-verse exposition of the third gospel.)