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Understanding Jesus: The Holy One of God and Human Perceptions

This exploration delves into the questions and declarations surrounding Jesus' identity, as seen through the eyes of both demons and humans. While demons recognize Him as "the Son of God," humans express confusion and disbelief, often seeing Him as an ordinary carpenter rather than the divine. The text challenges readers to reflect on why those close to Jesus struggle to acknowledge His true nature and power. It prompts us to consider our own perceptions of Christ and the barriers we might hold against recognizing His authority in our lives.

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Understanding Jesus: The Holy One of God and Human Perceptions

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  1. Who is this Man!!!!

  2. Demonic Cry : 1: 24: “I know who you are— the Holy One of God!” 1: 34: “He would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.” 3:11 “You are the Son of God.” 5;7“What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?” Human Question 1: 27: “What is this? A new teaching— and with authority!” 2: 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 4:41 “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” 6: 3: “Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?”

  3. This alternating pattern of declaration and question forces us to ask why the human characters cannot see and to wonder if they ever will see. What will it take for humans to recognize, as the demons immediately do, that this is the Son of God? Since Jesus still goes unrecognized, we should ask the same question of our contemporaries.

  4. 1. Jesus rejected by his family thought he was insane. Insane at the age of 12 Jesus’ home turf would seem to have good potential for success except that we know his family has already tried to bring him and bring him back there because they were convinced he was unbalanced if not insane (3: 21, 31).

  5. Jesus rejected by his hometown due to his ordinariness. Again Jesus teaches in the synagogue on the Sabbath (6: 2a; see 1: 21, 39; 3: 1), and again “many who heard him were amazed.” The question assumes that wisdom has been given to Jesus and that miracles have been done by his hands. What they cannot ascertain is where one so familiar to them could get all this power. Their preoccupation with this issue means that they never get around to asking the crucial question: What does it all mean?

  6. Jesus identified as John the Baptist by Herod. Because he feared John

  7. 4.Jesus the prospective King and liberator. Was he a great man????

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