"Naghambal sia nga may awtoridad"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Lucas 4:31-37)

Martes (Setyembre 3)

Dayon si Jesus nagkadto sa Capernaum, isa ka banwa sang Galilea, sa diin nagpanudlo sia sa mga tawo sa Adlaw nga Inugpahuway.

Natingala gid sila sang iya pagpanudlo, kay naghambal sia nga may awtoridad.

May tawo didto sa sinagoga nga ginagamhan sang malaut nga espiritu, kag nagasinggit sia sa mabaskog nga tingog, "A! Jesus nga taga-Nazaret, anhon mo bala kami? Nagkari ka bala sa paglaglag sa amon? Nahibal-an ko kon sin-o ka. Ikaw ang Balaan nga ginpadala sang Dios!"

Ginsaway ni Jesus ang malaut nga espiritu, "Maghipos ka, kag maggwa ka sa tawo!" Ginlampos sang yawa ang tawo sa atubangan sang tanan kag naggwa sia sa tawo nga wala makahalit sa iya.

Tanan sila natingala gid kag nagsinilingay, "Ano bala nga sahi sang mga pulong ini? Ini nga tawo nagatabog nga may awtoridad kag gahom sa malaut nga mga espiritu kag nagagwa sila!"

Kag ginbantog si Jesus sa tanan nga duog sa sadto nga duta.

Nahauna nga Balasahon, 1 Tesalonica 5:1-6; 9-11
Mga kautoran, wala na sing kinahanglan nga sulatan pa kamo nahanungod sang mga tion ukon mga panahon kon san-o ini mahanabo.

Kay kamo gid nakahibalo nga ang Adlaw sang Ginoo magaabot subong sang pag-abot sang makawat sa kagab-ihon.

Samtang nagasiling ang mga tawo, “Ang tanan malinong kag wala sing katalagman,” dayon magaabot sa ila sing hinali ang kalaglagan! Indi sila makapalagyo, kay kaangay ini sang pagpasakit sang isa ka babayi nga manugbata.

Pero kamo, mga kautoran, wala sa kadudolman, kag yadto nga Adlaw indi dapat mag-abot sa inyo subong sang isa ka makawat nga wala kamo makapangin-aman.

Kay tanan kamo mga anak sang kapawa, mga anak sang adlaw. Indi kita iya sang kagab-ihon ukon sang kadudolman.

Gani, indi kita dapat magtulog subong sang iban, kundi magpulaw kag magbut-anan.

Ang Dios wala magpili sa aton agod mag-antos sang iya kaakig, kundi sa pag-angkon sang kaluwasan paagi sa aton Ginoong Jesu-Cristo, nga nanginmatay para sa aton agod nga magkabuhi kita upod sa iya, bisan buhi ukon patay na kita sa iya pagkari.

Sa sini nga kabangdanan maglinig-unay kag magbinuligay kamo subong sang ginahimo ninyo karon.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, you have the words of everlasting life. May I never doubt your saving love and mercy, and the power of your word to bring healing, restoration, and freedom from every sin and oppression."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

When you listen to the word of God in Scripture how do you respond to it? Do you hear it with indifference, selective submission, or with the full assent of faith and obedience? When Jesus taught he spoke with authority. He spoke the word of God as no one had spoken it before. When the Rabbis taught they supported their statements with quotes from other authorities. The prophets spoke with delegated authority – Thus says the Lord. When Jesus spoke he needed no authorities to back his statements. He was authority incarnate – the Word of God made flesh. When he spoke, God spoke. When he commanded even the demons obeyed.

Cyril of Alexandria (376-444 AD), in his commentary on this passage from the Gospel of Luke, tells us that Jesus had all power and authority to heal every sickness and expel every demonic power because he was the living and active Word of God the Father (John 1:14 and Hebrews 4:12):

The bystanders, witnesses of such great deeds, were astonished at the power of his word. He performed his miracles, without offering up a prayer, asking no one else at all for the power to accomplish them. Since he is the living and active Word of God the Father, by whom all things exist, and in whom all things are, in his own person he crushed Satan and closed the profane mouth of impure demons. [Commentary on Luke, Homily 12].

God's living and abiding Word is truth and life and it has power to set us free from every sin and oppression and bring us healing of body, mind, and spirit. If the demons, the fallen angels, were able to recognize the power and authority of Jesus, the Son of God, how much more should we recognize and believe in the power and authority of the gospel – the good news of Jesus Christ, and entrust our lives to the Lord Jesus? The Lord Jesus speaks his life-giving Word to us each and every day so that we may walk in the freedom of his love and truth. If we approach the Word of God with meekness and humility, and with an eagerness to do everything the Lord desires, we are in a much better position to learn what God wants to teach us through his word. Are you ready to follow the Lord Jesus and to conform your life according to his word?