Emphasis Preaching Journal

When Jesus began doing and saying unusual things, almost nobody understood him. Those who knew him best, his neighbors from Nazareth, said, "He is out of his mind." And those who knew him least, the teachers of the law from Jerusalem, said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub." Both groups sought to explain him; and both failed dismally. They didn't understand. Do we? It was H. G. Wells who said, "This pale Galilean is too much for our small hearts." Perhaps he is.