And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” (Luke 4:33-34 ESV)
What immediately sticks out is that this man was "in the synagogue." He was in the worship service - not out wandering in the wilderness, when God's conviction comes. But isn't that the way it should be? God's people celebrating His presence, and those without it convicted?
The second thing that causes us to contemplate is how clearly those in the unseen realm see and confess to who Jesus is - something that did not come out at at the synagogue in Nazareth, where he had been right under their noses for 30 years, immediately surfaces here. What are we missing, which God has put right before our eyes?
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