Grace Hill Church - Collierville, Tn

THIS EPISODE:In today's text, Jesus publicly signals a change unlike anything the world has yet experienced: Jesus openly reveals that “the time has arrived”—that he is the one they’ve been waiting for. But also, with unprecedented grace, this shocking proclamation from Jesus also reveals a change that his audience wasn’t remotely expecting.Israel had been waiting, longing, expecting the Messiah, the one who would rescue & deliver them, the one who would bring about life and healing. In this unexpected proclamation, Jesus makes it clear that not only is he the long-awaiting Messiah, but that he brings Good News for all the world's troubled people, not just for Israel. Let's unpack this and more in today's message…___PRIMARY TEXT:—Luke 4:14–28 (NIV)—14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.15 He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he wen