The scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus one day seeking a supernatural sign that would prove He was the long-awaited Messiah. Jesus retorted that the only sign they would get was that of the prophet Jonah. What He did not mention was that it would not be provided until after the crucifixion and resurrection.

The Son of God was incarnated into a human body. Jesus was a man, but at the same time He was the second person of the Godhead. Jesus came from heaven to inhabit a human body provided by the Holy Spirit and Mary, but Jesus did not have a soul. This is an important distinction because when the physical body of Jesus hung on the cross, the Son of God left it hanging on the cross after the atonement was finished. He went to Paradise for three days and nights. Then the Holy Spirit refurbished the physical body in the tomb and Jesus re-entered the resurrected body.

Jesus also did a short teaching of how the Israelites that were alive at that time will be judged and then launched into a teaching on demons and the harm of returning to a sinful lifestyle.

Was Jesus insane? He had some friends and family that certainly thought He was mentally losing it! The God-man had grown up with other young men in Nazareth. When they heard what Jesus was doing, they were concerned for His welfare since the Romans were known for their violence and cruelty. Then His mother and half-brothers tried to bring Him home. Jesus rebuffed both attempts. It must have been hard to realize that his friends and family did not believe he was the Messiah.

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Yours in Christ,

Pastor John S. Torell