Another great insight from Schlatter--
Today he reflected on Jesus' rejection by his hometown record in Luke 4:14-28:
"What the Nazarenes desired, Jesus called an impossibility. The selfish exploitation of God's gift separates the one who attempts it from his grace. To be sure, it extends to the one whom it chooses and enables, freely extending to him in order that he may live in power and greatness. The Father glorifies his Son, but precisely this ties him to God and puts to death any form of selfishness" (Schlatter, Do We Know Jesus, 96).
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