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Rejection at Home - Matthew 13:53-56
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Key Passage
When Jesus finished teaching with these stories, he left there. Jesus went to the town where he grew up. Jesus taught the people in the synagogue, and the people were amazed. The people said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and this power to do miracles? This is only the son of the carpenter. And his mother is Mary. His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. And all his sisters are here with us. So where does this man get this wisdom and the power to do these things?"
— Matthew 13:53-56 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
It's so easy to put people in boxes, to neatly categorize them based on opinions we've made of them in the past. We don't want to let them change. Even more damnable, we don't want our opinions of them to change, even if our opinions were wrong or misguided. For Jesus, the hometown folk had already put him in a box—Mary's boy, the carpenter's son, brother of some folks, no big deal. After all, it was Nazareth and "what good thing could come out of Nazareth?" No big deal. Not from our town. Not from one of our boys. "Don't get too big for your britches, boy!" is what he'd be told today. "We know who you are, boy, and you ain't that great." Familiarity bred contempt just like low expectations sunk their dreams. But they were wrong! Not just a little wrong, VERY wrong. And today, when a person is in Christ, s/he can change, too. There can be no boxes in Jesus' family because there are no boxes big enough or strong enough to contain one in whom the King of glory lives!
Prayer
Father, please correct me and then forgive me when I put people in boxes and do not allow room for Christ to change them. Thank you for changing and transforming me and please give me the grace to encourage others, not discourage or criticize them, when they are trying to let Christ change them. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
The Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And our faces are not covered. We all show the Lord's glory. We are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory. This glory comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
— 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. Jesus found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "Remember what Moses wrote in the law. Moses wrote about a man that was coming. The prophets wrote about him too. We have found him. His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to Philip, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip answered, "Come and see."
— John 1:43-46
From this time on we don't think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don't think that way now. If any person is in Christ, then that person is made new. The old things have gone; everything is made new!
— 2 Corinthians 5:16-17
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When Jesus finished teaching with these stories, he left there. Jesus went to the town where he grew up. Jesus taught the people in the synagogue, and the people were amazed. The people said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and this power to do miracles? This is only the son of the carpenter. And his mother is Mary. His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. And all his sisters are here with us. So where does this man get this wisdom and the power to do these things?"
— Matthew 13:53-56 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought
It's so easy to put people in boxes, to neatly categorize them based on opinions we've made of them in the past. We don't want to let them change. Even more damnable, we don't want our opinions of them to change, even if our opinions were wrong or misguided. For Jesus, the hometown folk had already put him in a box—Mary's boy, the carpenter's son, brother of some folks, no big deal. After all, it was Nazareth and "what good thing could come out of Nazareth?" No big deal. Not from our town. Not from one of our boys. "Don't get too big for your britches, boy!" is what he'd be told today. "We know who you are, boy, and you ain't that great." Familiarity bred contempt just like low expectations sunk their dreams. But they were wrong! Not just a little wrong, VERY wrong. And today, when a person is in Christ, s/he can change, too. There can be no boxes in Jesus' family because there are no boxes big enough or strong enough to contain one in whom the King of glory lives!
Prayer
Father, please correct me and then forgive me when I put people in boxes and do not allow room for Christ to change them. Thank you for changing and transforming me and please give me the grace to encourage others, not discourage or criticize them, when they are trying to let Christ change them. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Related Scriptures
The Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And our faces are not covered. We all show the Lord's glory. We are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings more and more glory. This glory comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
— 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. Jesus found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "Remember what Moses wrote in the law. Moses wrote about a man that was coming. The prophets wrote about him too. We have found him. His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to Philip, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip answered, "Come and see."
— John 1:43-46
From this time on we don't think of any person like the world thinks of people. It is true that in the past we thought of Christ like the world thinks. But we don't think that way now. If any person is in Christ, then that person is made new. The old things have gone; everything is made new!
— 2 Corinthians 5:16-17
Devotional provided by Heartlight®
© 1996-2017. All rights reserved.
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