Don't Get Offended Because Of Me Series

BLESSED ARE THOSES WHO ARE NOT OFFENDED BECAUSE OF ME---MATTHEW 11 VS 2-6

2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he [a]sent two of his disciples 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”

4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”

A young man dream was to go to college to become a doctor one day, he along with four other friends decided on a college they wanted to attend, he and his friends enjoyed the college life as any young person would, after his second term in school and he’s getting prepared for graduation they all made a pact that they would always stay in touch and remain friends. The years went by, and the young man became a doctor, and one night in a dream the Lord spoke to him and told him He was calling him into the ministry to preach the gospel, the young man couldn’t receive the dream, he’d worked so hard to become a doctor and his family depended on him to carry the family, so he confided in his friends who at first laughed at him “you can’t be serious” you would be a fool to waste all those years of education to become a preacher. His wife said if God has called you, He will provide for us. He had another dream that night that he was preparing a surgery case and as he began to cut open the patient for surgery, instead of opening a patient he opens a bible instead, he awakes and said OKAY Lord, I’ll do it, I’ll preach. Preparing to preach his first sermon, he invites all his friends to come support him. He prayed one last prayer before coming up, he looked and saw his family and friends sitting in the pews waiting to hear his first sermon. He preached out of Matthew 19 chapter where His disciples said Lord, we have left all to follow you, and all his friends one by one got up and left the building. He said blessed are those who’s not offended because of me.

And I want to submit to us this morning “Blessed is those who are not offended because of who Jesus is.

John who is a fore runner for the coming Messiah. He is the one who Isaiah 40 speaks of;

3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

“Prepare the way of the Lord;

Make straight [a]in the desert

A highway for our God.

4 Every valley shall be exalted

And every mountain and hill brought low;

The crooked places shall be made [b]straight

And the rough places smooth;

5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

And all flesh shall see it together;

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

John is the one who previously was baptizing in the Jordan River, when Jesus came to him to be baptized of John, John says I’m not worthy of baptizing you and it is you that should be baptizing me. And after baptism a dove is seen, and a voice is heard stating “This is my Beloved Son whom I am well pleased.

John tells his followers that he must decrease, and Jesus must increase. Behold the Lamb of God who takes upon Himself the sins of this world, follow Him now

Sometime later John is put in prison by Herod

The Bible indicates in Matthew 14 that John the Baptist was placed in prison by Herod Antipas because of John condemning Herod for having divorced his wife and then having married Herodias, the divorced wife of Herod Antipas' half-brother Philip.

John is now sitting in prison for a while, and he is wondering why Jesus haven’t come to his rescue. John now sends two of his followers to Jesus to ask Him a question. Are you the one, or should we look for another?

Sometimes we think when God calls us into the ministry that all will be well and if something is wrong we can just pray about it and God will take it away, after all didn’t the bible say if you have faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains, didn’t the bible say ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be open, if you ask anything in my name it will be given to you.

I don’t know about you, but I can relate to John, I've been in situation where I just knew God would come thru, I knew He would make a way and I waited, and I waited and while I waited, I waited, but sometimes the answer doesn't come the way you think it should.