So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. Luke 4:28,29
Imagine sharing in your home church from the book of Isaiah your mission statement and the congregation wants to throw you over a cliff! Actually, Jesus was proclaiming that He was the Messiah, but to them, He was just a local neighborhood kid!
They only knew Jesus after the flesh and not the Spirit, expecting a King to ride up on a white stallion not a kid from Nazareth. Jesus slipped away and began His ministry teaching in Galilee on the Sabbaths. In the synagogue, a man with an unclean demon cried out saying, "Let us alone! What do we have to do with You Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us?"
As a matter of fact, He did come to destroy the works of the devil! Then the demon cried out again saying, "I know who You are, the Holy One of God!" Jesus rebuked him saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down and came out of him and did not hurt him.
Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word this is! For with authority and power, He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." Luke 4:36
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ