"They Took Offense At Him”

“They Took Offense at Him”

“Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[a] Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.” Mark 6:1-6

Intro: Today I want to talk about what happened after Jesus had performed three great miracles in the NT.

He had removed evil spirits from a demon-possessed man at the garden cemetery of

Gerasenes. (JEHR-uh-seens)

Jesus then went westward and cross the Sea of Galilee.

This is where the second miracle occurs…

As he is walking thru the streets of Galilee he heals the woman with the 12 year issue of blood.

Then the third miracle is raising the Galilean synagogue ruler’s daughter from the dead.

Here we have three powerful miracles in a row.

You probably know more about those three miracles

than you do about what happened after Jesus performed them.

Let’s first look at the setting, where and how it happened.

Jesus was in his hometown.

Jesus is with his closest friends his disciples.

It is on the Sabbath

Jesus is in Synagogue

Some of his brother’s sisters are there.

He is in a familiar place.

Surrounded by his friends and family

He is at church.

He has just performed three miracles.

He has taught bible study with great wisdom and authority.

Then the bible says at the end of verse three “They took offense at him.”

Go ahead and underline or circle that phrase in your bible.

WHY DID THEY TAKE OFFENSE at Jesus?

Why didn't they get the message?

Why didn't they understand?

But then we stop and realize we may not be much different.

There are some things we learn much later in life

That…, as we look back…, we're amazed that we didn't learn and understand sooner.

We reach a stage in life where we look back and see all the dumb things we have done,

And wish that somehow we had known then what we know now.

How much better life could have been if we had just learned those lessons earlier.

I wonder why my own children didn't learn from my mistakes.

And someday, I imagine my kids will ask why their children didn't learn from their mistakes.

It is just like Adam and Eve.

God puts Adam and Eve into the Garden of Eden.

He has that parental conversation that all parents have with their kids.

God tells them, "You have the run of the garden.

It is all yours.

You can do anything you want to

Except!!!

There is one forbidden fruit, and I don't want you to eat it.

Just one.

And just like a lot of kids today, Adam and Eve quickly hold up their hands and ask,

"Dad, where is this forbidden fruit?"

And Adam and Eve acted just like people in every generation have acted.

It wasn't long until they were eating the forbidden fruit.

Then when God asked, "Why did you do that?"

they said the same thing all kids say, "I don't know.”

Then God said, "You can't live in the garden anymore,"

and pronounced judgment and punishment upon them because of their sin.

They would have to work by the sweat of their brow.

Thorns and thistles would grow in among the good plants and have to be weeded out.

And women would have pain in labor during child birth.

Forbidden fruit: Sin is a word that often offends people today.

In a lot of ways the people of Nazareth who refused to believe were just like little kids.

They asked, “Where did Jesus get all this wisdom and power to perform miracles?”

They knew Jesus was teaching them the truth

They knew Jesus teaching with wisdom

They knew Jesus was speaking with authority

They could see something special about him.

So why did “They Take Offense at Him”

What things does Jesus teach you today but yet you are a little offend by?

1 Cor. 2:8 says, "None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had,

they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory."

Did you hear that?

If the rulers Gov. Pilate, Caiaphas the High Priest, members of the Sanhedrin, the Roman soldiers