Matthew 13:55-56 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”
The people of Jesus' hometown thought they knew who He really was - not based upon Himself, what He said, or what He did, but upon his family of origin. They observed the rest of them and did not see any significant difference; therefore, He must not be anything special either. So they rejected Him and His message. Two questions come to mind: First, do we really know Jesus as well as we think we do, or it is only second-hand stories? We really need to get to know Him, like His disicples did - living life day-to-day with Him. The second question is this: "How do people evaluate Jesus by looking at me?" Do they look at our lives, like they did His human family, and decide that He must not be anything special???
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