"But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went his way,"
In today's lesson, Jesus warned the people of His hometown, Nazareth, that for many who had denied God in the prophesies, salvation was placed out of reach and that they too, because of their refusal to believe in Him, would be condemned just as were those mentioned in the prophesies.
Jesus' warning so enraged the people that they ran Him out of town and intended to kill Him by throwing Him down a mountain. But Jesus, seeing their plot, slipped away from them.
What we today should take from this lesson is that the Holy Spirit won't forever deal with the lost who reject Him, He is willing to go the extra mile many times over, but inevitably there will come a time when, just like with the Nazarenes, the Holy Spirit will stop trying to persuade them to come to salvation. It is NEVER too soon to hand over your soul to Jesus Christ through faith in Him, but it can become too late.~
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