Rage In The Synagogue

Luke 4:25-28; 11:8; 18:5

"But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and sixth months, and there was great famine throughout the land; but to none of them (those widows) was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow."

"And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed (healed of leprosy) except Naaman the Syrian. So all those in the synagogue were filled with wrath......" at Jesus' words.

With certainty we understand the allure of providing for those who may not be able to take care of themselves and are showing signs of the same. Western society has built massive programs to try to meet that need. How is it that it seems God turns a deaf ear to many of those people. We know that our's is the God who healeth thee; that His son, Jesus Christ, ministered to those people effectively, perfectly; He being the Great Physician!

"I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his PERSISTENCE, he will rise and give him as many as he needs." (Luke 11:8)

"yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her CONTINUED COMING she weary me." (Luke 18:5)

Those who persist in their coming to Him, for Him, crying out to Him for Him day and night, even though He bears long with them, shall receive OF HIM, which saves them to the uttermost. The wrath in the synagogue after He had spoken showed signs of their hardness of heart. Their lack and disease had a deeper cause.