From Matthew 4:23-25 / Jesus’ Ministry – 2 things are of note here in this brief description of Jesus’ ministry. First, it was 3-fold in nature. a. He focused upon Teaching: People need not only declaration, they need instruction and demonstration. How to rightly apply and implement the Word of God in our lives is as essential as hearing the Word itself. b. Preaching. People need not only good instruction, they need to be called upon to respond rightly to the authority of God’s Word. They need to be exhorted. And in this case, the preaching of Jesus centered on the declaration of His coming Kingdom. That it had burst in upon them and was now in process. There is no salvation apart from treason against this present world system and the serving of self – in order to serve Christ the King and His purposes. c. Healing: People need to know the truth of God’s Word, to be called upon to follow Him with authority and to see the Spirit of God in action within us – through us. They need to experience the mercy, compassion and goodness of God as a foretaste of the coming Kingdom. Jesus had power to manifest a glorious taste of what His kingdom would be like when it arrives in full. And in that day, every last vestige of sin’s effects will be once and for all eradicated. Come quickly Lord Jesus! Secondly, contrary to many representations of Jesus, He was NOT anti-establishment. He did not plant churches, nor abandon the one that was so broken. He preached and taught within the synagogue, as well as privately and in the open. He taught openly in the Temple. It has been popular at times to cast Jesus as a revolutionary and a firebrand after a political sort. But the facts do not support such a notion. He remained within the Judaism of His day, while manifesting the true religion and service of God at the same time. He was fulfilling what ought to have been. But when Judaism at last expelled Christ and Christianity, the worship of God in Spirit and in Truth, the “Church” made up of believing Jews and Gentiles rose as birthed out of the dead carcass of the Judaism of old.