Mark 3:20-30
20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23 And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” 23 And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28 “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
Luke 8:35
Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
Acts 12:15
They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”
Acts 26:24
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.”
This was never part of the tenants of faith. But Noah's neighbors probably wondered. And it does say. Faith is unseen. Catholic Saints have histories of ridicule before people accepted the saint's faith. Jesus was claimed to be of Beelzebul and unclean spirits several times. Jesus had large and unbelievable circumstance surround him each day of the Gospel's accounts.
Luke-8-24
And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”
My mother was healed from a thyroid tumor the doctor showed her on her 2 year old driver's license. As she was prayed for by the priest at the communion rail, during a Wednesday morning healing service, she was determined not to pass out. And as we drove her home, we asked why she was swaying during the prayer. She said she was determined not to be one of those people she'd wondered at as they were 'slain in the Spirit,' She said she never knew if they were faking it. And besides she was having a colossal hot flash and no one was going to know she was going through menopause. And even in the middle of all of those thoughts, the whole prayer group forgot to look at her neck.
How is that for faith. And instead of God thinking that we are a faithless bunch and washing His hands at us, or even being contemptuous. She was healed. And we found out the next day when she was scheduled at the Hospital for per-surgery tests. Actually, the lab tech was rather annoyed to discover they had incorrectly labelled the tumor site. And we all jumped up and down and squeeled.
It was far easier than people thinking she was out of her mind.
Once again, we rely upon God to be greater than we are.
Matthew 14:30
But when he [Peter] saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
I have to say, I think I've seen Matthew's account of Peter's faithlessness replied to by miracles.
Truly. He is the Son of God.
Jesus Christ. The LORD.
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This was never part of the tenants of faith. But Noah's neighbors probably wondered. And it does say. Faith is unseen. Catholic Saints have histories of ridicule before people accepted the saint's faith. Jesus was claimed to be of Beelzebul and unclean spirits several times. Jesus had large and unbelievable circumstance surround him each day of the Gospel's accounts.
Luke-8-24
And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”
My mother was healed from a thyroid tumor the doctor showed her on her 2 year old driver's license. As she was prayed for by the priest at the communion rail, during a Wednesday morning healing service, she was determined not to pass out. And as we drove her home, we asked why she was swaying during the prayer. She said she was determined not to be one of those people she'd wondered at as they were 'slain in the Spirit,' She said she never knew if they were faking it. And besides she was having a colossal hot flash and no one was going to know she was going through menopause. And even in the middle of all of those thoughts, the whole prayer group forgot to look at her neck.
How is that for faith. And instead of God thinking that we are a faithless bunch and washing His hands at us, or even being contemptuous. She was healed. And we found out the next day when she was scheduled at the Hospital for per-surgery tests. Actually, the lab tech was rather annoyed to discover they had incorrectly labelled the tumor site. And we all jumped up and down and squeeled.
It was far easier than people thinking she was out of her mind.
Once again, we rely upon God to be greater than we are.
Matthew 14:30
But when he [Peter] saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
I have to say, I think I've seen Matthew's account of Peter's faithlessness replied to by miracles.
Truly. He is the Son of God.
Jesus Christ. The LORD.
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