Missing the Mark

INTRODUCTION

We have here the story of 2 PLACES in Israel, Capernaum, and Nazareth. They both had the SAME STORY — they lost the opportunity to believe and accept Jesus as Messiah. Jesus had shown INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCES in WISDOM and POWER and these were MORE than ENOUGH for these cities to come to Christ. But they didn’t and so TRAGEDY was what awaited them. Here are the 3 points to our study today.

BODY SERMON

TEXT: Matthew 13:53-58

I. CHRIST’S ABANDONMENT of CAPERNAUM – v. 53

II.NAZARETH’S REJECTION of CHRIST – vv. 54 – 57
A) Credible evidence and the incredible unbelief – v. 54
B) Familiarity and unbelief – vv. 55 – 56

III.CHRIST’S REJECTION of NAZARETH – v. 58

CONCLUSION

Don’t miss the opportunities that God gives to you, most especially SALVATION.