The Para and Peri of Jesus
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What does it mean to be part of a spiritual family?
What does it mean to be part of a spiritual family?
What do you get out of it?
What do you give to it?
Apostle’s made
Apostle’s made
Several called
12 Chosen
3 renamed
I don’t vote for people with goofy nicknames, as a general rule. If you are going to have authority over me, you need to be a professional. If you are working with me, as part of my close friends or family, I may give you a nickname myself.
Work to do
Being with Jesus
Preaching and casting out demons (with him)
The Para of Jesus
The Para of Jesus
Para as beside, or coming from
fairly clear in context of this passage it means family or kinfolk
Para of God
Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem
Criticisms
Out of his mind
Demon possessed
Who spends all day, every day performing miracles? Get a job! Keep your head down. Don’t give people false hope and bring the Roman government on all of our heads.
You didn’t ask our permission!
When you move away, sometimes family cannot understand your new life, because they are not there to supervise anymore.
Criticism Refuted
Criticism Refuted
Division
Satan cannot cast out himself.
Kingdoms divided cannot stand
Families divided cannot stand
It takes a strong man...
Who is the strong man?
Rome
The devil
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?
Accusing your rescuer of being your enemy
Stockholm syndrome - brainwashed to serve your captors because you believe they are your family.
The Peri of Jesus
The Peri of Jesus
Who is the true family of Jesus?
Not those he came from
Those around him now
Specifically those who are doing the same work with him
What is that work?
Preaching the good news of the Kingdom breaking in, and healing and casting out demons to set people free to serve Jesus themselves
As Disciples of Jesus, family of Jesus, we are called to play offense, not just defense!
If we are the true family of Jesus, what is our mission field we are conquering with him?