The Tragedy of the Nazarenes

LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM NAZARETH
Matthew 4:12 Luke 4:16

1. LESSONS FROM A CITY FULL OF UNBELIEVING CITIZENS
   NAZARETH’S BAD REPUTATION
   John 1:46

SIN AND UNBELIEF BLINDS US TO WHAT GOD IS DOING IN OUR MIDST. Matt.13:54-58
2 Kings 7:3

THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF UNBELIEF Mark 6:1-6;Luke 4:16-32;Acts 13:41

II. LESSONS FROM THE NOBLEMAN AND HIS SON- NEITHER STATUS NOR AGE EXCEPTS US FROM THE SORROWS OF SIN Joh 4:46

III. LESSONS ABOUT FAITH

FAITH IS THE GIFT OF GOD Eph.2:8
Acts 3:16

IN MATTHEW, CHAPTER 8, CHRIST SPEAKS OF A MAN’S GREAT FAITH AND THEN OF THE APOSTLES’ LITTLE FAITH.EVEN LITTLE FAITH IS BETTER THAN NO FAITH
Joh 4:46

TRUE FAITH MAY BE WEAK, but a true faith is always growing and increasing: Proverbs 4:18
Matthew 8:10, 26

FAITH IS MANIFESTED BY ACTION
Matt.9:2

IV. LESSON ON THE POWER OF CHRIST
WHAT GREAT FAITH WE WOULD HAVE IF WE COULD SEE JESUS SITTING HERE AMONG US TODAY.

HE IS PRESENT AND HIS POWER IS NOT LIMITED TO HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE NOR TO ANY OTHER PHYSICAL MEANS.