Jesus Declares He is the Messiah
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Jesus Christ knew who he was and what his mission was. He declared it by quoting scriptures and stating they were fulfilled. We need to believe Him. We need to follow Him. We need to not fight against His laws.
As Jesus stood in his hometown synagogue at Nazareth and discussed this prophecy in gracious words, how eagerly he must have yearned for his startled friends and neighbors to understand how God had anointed One in their midst to minister to their greatest needs. (See Luke 4:16–22.) Whoever among them understood Isaiah would know also why Jesus would work with sinners, sacrifice his life, and feed the hungry and thirsty with the bread of life and living water. The divine Messiah was to be the Savior who gathers those who are lost, comforts those who mourn, looses those who are bound, and heals those who are sick. Having applied this prophecy to himself, all one had to do to test the divinity of Jesus’ calling was to see how well his ministry corresponded to this prophecy to see whether he truly was the anointed One. He challenged John’s disciples and any would-be-believer to come and see.
Kieth Meservy; April 1987 Ensign
After one of his journeys in Palestine, Jesus came to his own city and taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath day. Those who heard him were astonished at his doctrine, but they were also offended. He had been their neighbor, and they resented his assuming to teach them. They said: "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?" Jesus was grieved at their rejection of him and "marveled because of their unbelief." It was then that he said, "A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." But he was rebuffed not only in Nazareth, By the end of his ministry, it seemed that nearly the whole country had turned against him. As he contemplated his rejection in Jerusalem, he looked down upon the city and said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ... how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" (Matt 23:37) And then he foretold the result of their rejection ... He said, "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate... And what is the lesson in all of this? It is that no people can fight God and live!
Mark E. Petersen, October 1979, General Conference
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Jesus Christ is the man He claims to be!
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