From Kansas-On the first night of Religious Emphasis Week at a small state college, the auditorium was packed with the faithful. Of course, the “Animal House” types on fraternity row and other irreligious students stayed away; this was, after all, an occasion for religious insiders, for the truly Christian.
The speaker began by opening his Bible and reading a passage of scripture. Then he closed the book and suddenly flung it across the room and out an open window. The audience was stunned. Did he really throw the Bible out the window?
The speaker looked at his audience and said, “There goes your God,” and proceeded to give a challenging lecture on the difference between worshiping the Bible and worshiping God who is revealed to us through the Bible.
Jesus does something similarly shocking in his hometown synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4:21-32). When he finishes the reading, he sits down and makes this challenging statement: “Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21).
The congregation responds warmly, heads nod and people murmur their approval until it suddenly dawns on someone that if Isaiah 61:1-2 has been fulfilled today, how come nothing has happened in Nazareth? How come Jesus doesn’t perform any of those mighty works we’ve heard about at Capernaum?
More here-
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2013/mar/30/jesus-didnt-live-to-make-us-comfortable/
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