Luke covers a lot of ground in this chapter. He really doesn't seem to be all that interested in telling the details of Christ's life as much as just making the point that Christ did miracles, his disciples did miracles, and that Christ is the Son of God. All of this is summed up pretty nicely in the stories of exorcisms, feeding five-thousand, and direct questioning of the disciples with regard to Jesus' true identity. The key here, though, is how the disciples handled all of these things.
The disciples were just getting to a point of understanding who Christ was when Jesus asked them what they thought about His identity. And when Peter answered that He was the Christ, the others could have laughed that off or chosen to turn away, but they didn't. When Christ told the disciples to bring Him the bread and fish so that He could feed the five thousand, the disciples could have laughed at Him, called Him crazy, and left before they were embarrassed by Him, but they didn't. And when Christ called each of them to follow Him, they could have come up with a reason why they couldn't do it right then, as did the people at the end of the chapter, but they didn't.
They key for the disciples and the key for us is that we have faith in Christ. He is who He claims to be, and there is nothing more important in life than spending time with Him.
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