This passage from Luke follows his going to the synagogue and reading a passage from Isaiah claiming that it was fulfilled by him. They were so angry that they drove him to the edge of a hill and threatened to throw him over.
When I needed a speaker for one of my adult groups, I always asked one of my friends from a different community for the very reason stated in this passage. I always said that an "expert" was someone from somewhere else! I called them; they called me for the same reason.
Who do you listen to?
When my children were young, the mother of one of their friends was much wiser than I was – even if we said the exact same thing. Do you ignore the wisdom of a friend or relative because you're not sure they know what they're talking about?
Life is funny like that.
The older I get, the younger the doctors, dentists, and other experts are that I depend on. And the older I get, the more I seem old fashioned and out of date by my grandchildren!
I wonder if the younger experts know what they're talking about and the grandchildren wonder if I can understand their world.
One thing is for sure, we can always depend on the Word of God to never be out of date or out of touch with the world. Yes, we sometimes need to reexamine the Scriptures in light of new knowledge, but the Word of God will stand until the end of time.
We need to listen and believe.
