JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

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What was the response of the people of the synagogue who heard the stupendous claim
that Jesus was the fulfillment of such a prophecy?
"All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up,
drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the
town was built, in order to throw Him down the cliff" (Lk 4:28-29).
Yet we see in Jesus' life and ministry this prophecy fulfilled as He spent His time and
energy in works of compassion.
Jesus identified Himself with the common people. He entered into the sorrows of His
generation. He reached out to those who were lonely, despised and forsaken. He was
approachable. It did not matter whether it was a Hebrew scholar at midnight, disciples in a
foundering boat at daybreak, a fallen woman by a well at noonday or a company of hungry
unemployed in the afternoon—He was available to them all.
Jesus cared for people for whom nobody cared. He loved people whom nobody loved.
And He saw hope for people for whom nobody saw hope. Who, but Jesus, would have picked
such an unlikely bunch of followers as the Twelve apostles to start a new movement? Jesus saw
what they would become by the grace of God.
Everywhere Jesus went He saw people in desperate need of help. Every opportunity He
had He reached out in compassion. Is it any wonder Peter says about Him:
"You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the
baptism that John preached—how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went around doing good and healing
all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him" (Ac 10:37-38).
As much as possible Jesus met every human need He was personally in contact with.
However we must remember that as a man, even God-Man, He was limited by space and time.
He could only be in one place at one time. Yet it is remarkable the lives He touched.
● He met blind men and gave them sight.
● He met dumb men and gave them speech.
● He met deaf men and gave them hearing.
● He met crippled men and gave them the ability to walk.
● He met lepers and cleansed them.
● He met crazy men and made them sane.
● He met demonized men and set them free.
● He met every human need.