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One thing we want to remind ourselves of when we are reading through these passages in Matthew— Jesus never does anything, he never goes anywhere— without a purpose.
There’s meaning to it.
There’s only 3 years—
Everything he says, it always has meaning.
Today we are going to see something that seems a bit random.
He leaves his hometown in Nazareth in Galilee, and he travels to another town called Capernaum.
No big deal right, he’s a 30 year old man.
He’s allowed to up and go wherever he wants.
That trip looks like this:
Naz to Capernaum SLIDE
Jesus Trail SLIDE
You see he makes this move to fulfil an 800 year prophecy from Isaiah- Chapter 9— we are going to read it in a couple min.
What he’s going to say in the prophecy is that in the area of Galilee, there is going to be a GREAT LIGHT.
It’s going to shine upon people who are living their lives in the darkness.
Two things we are going to deal with today:
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What does it mean for Jesus to be the “Light of the World”?
2. What does that mean for me?
Let’s read this portion of scripture:
Let’s pray- We thank you Father for these words that were just read.
Be with us now as we think about these words.
That we may understand them more deeply— Amen.
Often in the scripture, this metaphor, this illustration is used to describe Jesus’ life, Jesus’ mission— Light and darkness.
Old Testament prophets, the New Testament gospel stories, Pauls letters, they all use this same word picture— that Jesus is this bright LIGHT that is piercing the darkness.
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