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RESPONSIVE READING: IS. 53: 1-6
We will begin this message with a quiz.
Yes.
TODAY’S QUIZ
We are going to school for a moment.
Before we take the quiz, let me tell you why we are taking it.
The Barna Group, a Christian research company, offered,
“Fewer than half of adults can name the four gospels.
Many Christians cannot identity more than two or three of the disciples.
60% of Americans can’t name even five of the Ten Commandments.”
Let’s see if they are correct.
How many books are in the Bible?
27, 50, 66 or 80?
How many major prophets are there in the Old Testament?
How many minor prophets are there in the Old Testament?
How many Psalms are in the Book of Psalms?
What was Jesus’ greatest Sermon called?
What city did Jesus grow up in?
The answers to those questions are...
There are 66 Books in the traditional Bible, 14 more in the Apocrypha.
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel make up the major prophets of the OT.
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi make up the twelve minor prophets.
Jesus’ most popular sermon is called, “The Sermon on the Mount”
Jesus grew up in Nazareth: Matt.
2:23 “he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.”
If you could not answer all those easy questions for christians, you know now is not the time to stumble.
MESSAGE
After Jesus and his disciples led a major revival in Galilee, which included an exorcism for a man with a legion of demons in Gergesa, in the power of the Spirit, Jesus went home.
The Messiah went to see his earthly family.
These people knew Joseph.
They saw Jesus grow up from boyhood.
He made items for them as a young carpenter.
His custom was to worship in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
Jesus attended the synagogue on the Sabbath his entire life.
This was no different.
However, He was much different.
He opened the scroll of Isaiah and began to read where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.’
Instead of praising God for his word and works, his own townsfolk took offense.
The people in Nazareth heard God’s wisdom coming out of Mary and Joseph’s son, they heard the report of the miracles; some of them witnessed them.
They saw the grace resting upon Jesus.
Instead of turning to Jesus, they were horrified.
They criticized him.
They were insulted by his message and anointing.
They rejected his ministry.
Jeremiah saw this 500 years before.
He said, “They rejected the fountain of living waters.
and turned to broken cisterns that hold no water.”
The word for offense is skandalizo.
Scandal.
It means, Jesus’ preaching and presence became a stumbling block.
Jesus’ responded “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.””
Oh, the irony.
He could have healed many, but their lack of faith could not get passed his familiarity.
The response in Capernaum was just the opposite...The crowds followed, people were healed, great miracles occured...
The greatest prophet, Savior, Messiah in the history of the world stood before the people of Nazareth and they stumbled.
The gospel is a stumbling block.
It causes people to take offense.
Why did they stumble?
FAMILIARITY.
They knew Jesus before he ever worked a miracle.
People close to you, even those who are familiar with you, do not really know you.
They are unfamiliar with the light brooding deep within.
They do not know how close you are to the answers to your dreams, how close you are to being the one you were made for, how close you are to the full measure and stature of Christ.
Isn’t he The carpenter?
People label you and address you in inferior terms.
People only label you when they are afraid of you.
There is a proverb which says, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”
Meaning, “extensive knowledge of or close association with someone or something leads to a loss of respect for them or it.”
As long as others are familiar with your past, they can deem you inferior.
But, when Jesus Christ is exalted within you people take offense.
When a people begin to rise, those in power take offense.
Isn’t this Mary’s son?
Not Joseph’s son, but Mary’s… This was a backhanded comment.
They did not call him Jesus Ben Joseph.
To connect him only to Mary was to say Jesus was illegitimate.
People try to make your advancement illegitimate.
Isn’t his Brothers of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon...
This proves Jesus is human.
His brothers and sisters are before us.
Satan accuses you by criticizing your humanity.
Grace and Mercy have delivered God’s servants.
The fact that Jesus of Nazareth worked miracles means the kingdom of God has come into their midst.
Jesus is the foundation of our faith.
He is the chief architect of the church, and he is the chief cornerstone.
What happens when you disrespect your spiritual leaders?
You miss the move of the Spirit.
Look at how many people missed God in your life because they remembered your past.
They were blinded to Jesus’ true identity.
The veil over their eyes blinded them from the glory of God which shown in the face of Jesus Christ.
Gabriel told Mary a savior would be born.
Luke 1:31-32 “You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.
The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,”
In John, Jesus answered why we believe in him.
“I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.
You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.””
John 7:28-29
You can stumble due to unbelief.
God may call you to something beyond your expectations.
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