Then
They Scoffed, “He's Just The Carpenter’s Son,
And
We Know Mary, His Mother,
And
His Brothers – James, Joseph, Simon, And Judas.
Scripture
Matthew
13
53 When
Jesus had finished telling these stories and illustrations, he left
that part of the country.
54 He
returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the
synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this
wisdom and the power to do miracles?”
55 Then they
scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his
mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas.
Observation
Who
is Jesus to you?
I
was talking to a man named Cecil the other day at Mission Tampa and
sharing with him the Good News. The Good News that Jesus loved him
and had a plan for his life. And Cecil was actually saying “Amen”
out loud as I told him about what God through Jesus Christ had done
for him.
And
even though he was Amen-ing everything I said, when I asked him about
where he went to church he told me that he didn't go anywhere, but he
said that if he wanted to go to church that he was only a block away
from Seminole Heights Baptist church, a block away from where he and
I were talking and where Mission Tampa is located. (By the way
Mission Tampa was started by Seminole Heights Baptist)
When
he told me that he only lived a block away from the church I told
Cecil this, “Cecil, when Jesus Christ becomes Lord and Savior of
your life you will beat the door down to get into church, nobody or
no thing will be able to keep you out of church! You will be the
pastor's right hand man!”
To
the people in Nazareth Jesus' claim to be the Messiah, His claim to
be the Savior of the world, was offensive to them. To those in His
home town He was only the son of the carpenter.
Who
is Jesus to you? Is He just a man, an historical figure, or is He
your Lord and Savior?
Lets
prove it by the way we live! Church participation is not optional if
you are a follower of Jesus Christ!
Application
I
will pray for Cecil and others like Cecil who need to respond to the
Good News of Jesus Christ.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, so many people seem to be going in all the wrong directions
and if they would only respond to the Gospel it would change
everything for them. So many people seem to drift in and out of
church without understanding and grasping that You want to be Lord of
their lives. If they would just surrender to Your Lordship – Oh!
How You would bless them. I pray for Cecil Lord. Open up his
spiritual eyes and his heart where He can believe. Change his life
and let him truly live.
I
pray for anyone that may be reading this blog Lord, that just doesn't
quite understand what You are offering them. I pray for his or her
salvation and I pray that they would surrender 100% of their life
over to you. I want Jesus to be both their Lord and their Savior.
Change their hearts Lord, and make it where nothing could ever keep
them from church and nothing could ever keep them from growing in
Christ.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 1; Psalm 140; Matthew 13
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