Through the Bible Day by Day - Matthew 4:12 - 4:12

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Through the Bible Day by Day - Matthew 4:12 - 4:12


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the Light Begins to Shine

Mat 4:12-17

Our Lord’s earliest ministry seems to have been centered in Jerusalem and its contiguous villages. See Joh 2:1-25; Joh 3:1-36. But on the news of the Baptist’s imprisonment, He took up His testimony to the hearers of the heavenly kingdom, which is the reign of God over the hearts and lives of men. Someone has said that it is “the universal awareness of God.” Yet there was a difference! At the commencement of His work, the Savior showed a tenderness and a winsomeness which were very inviting to the crowds of harried sheep. See Mat 9:36. His ministry resembled the gentle, holy dawn that breaks over the mountains and dispels the black shadows of the night. The evangelist quotes the prophet’s anticipation of the coming of Him who is called “Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God.” Oh, do not be afraid when Jesus comes to your heart! You may be as far away from goodness and purity as Naphtali and Zebulun from Jerusalem, but Galilee of the Gentiles is included in Joh 3:16.