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Text: Matthew 13:53-58 (NKJV) Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there.
54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Manget this wisdom and thesemighty works?
55 Is this not the carpenter’s son?
Is not His mother called Mary?
And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 And His sisters, are they not all with us?
Where then did this Man get all these things?”
57 So they were offended at Him.
But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Introduction: Tonight we continue our series “Eyewitness News,” with tonight’s message entitled: “There’s No Place Like Home… Unless You’re Jesus of Nazareth…”
Over the past few weeks we’ve taken a look at what happened to people in the New Testament that had a face-to-face encounter with Jesus.
During week one, we looked at the calling of 4 of the Apostles.
Once fisherman, we saw how their encounter with Jesus transformed them into disciples, and how God desires the same for us.
Last week we looked at the awesome story of Lazarus, a man that Jesus raised from the dead, after he had been dead and in the grave for 4 days.
We saw the raw power of God, who is able to do such miracles (even today) as raising the dead, and we looked at how we are all dead and decayed until Jesus comes and gives us life and sets us free!
The one common thread that all of these stories have, is that the people impacted by Jesus received him with faith.
We saw how Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John responded to the call of God, left everything behind and followed Jesus.
We saw the faith of Mary and Martha, as they believed that Jesus could ask whatever He wanted of God the Father, and He would grant it.
Surely it was true, as their brother Lazarus was raised from the dead.
But was there ever a time when Jesus was not greeted so openly?
Did people greet him with closed minds and a lack of faith?
The answer is most certainly yes!
We see in tonight’s text, Matthew 13:53-58, that Jesus was not greeted with the inviting faith we looked at last week.
On the contrary, we see something quite different.
Thesis: Jesus was denied and rejected in His own homeland.
The parallels between this story and the United States today, are quite startling.
Transition: What Happened when Jesus visited Nazareth?
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The people recognized Him as the Jesus they always “knew.”
a. 54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 Is this not the carpenter’s son?
Is not His mother called Mary?
And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 And His sisters, are they not all with us?
Where then did this Man get all these things?”
b.
I’ve often wondered what it would be like to grow up with Jesus.
c.
Here we see Jesus returning to where he grew up.
In those days, people didn’t move around much, so he was coming home to all the people he knew as a kid.
i.
The people he used to play jump rope with were now the businessmen and leaders of the region.
1. Ok, they didn’t have jump ropes back then.
And I can’t think of a more ridiculous thing for Jesus to be playing.
Forgive me Lord!
ii.
But the bottom line is He was back among those that had always known him.
d.
There is next to nothing told in the gospels about Jesus’ childhood.
i.
But we do know he led the normal Jewish life as a boy.
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The difference?
He was the son of God.
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