When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
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… Not even his brothers believed in him. Not only did they not believe in him, Mark chapter 3, verse 21 tells us when the crowds were gathering around Jesus, his family heard it. They went out to seize him, and they were saying, he's out of his mind. but when Jesus dies and he rises from the dead, look who he specifically goes to show himself to. 1 Corinthians 15, verse six, he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to who? To James and likely his other brothers. And we know they came to believe in him because when we get to Acts chapter one, verse 14, you have 120 followers of Jesus gathered together in Jerusalem after his ascension, and we read, all these with one accord. We're devoting themselves to prayer together with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus and his brothers. So don't miss this. Jude is living proof that absolutely no one is born biologically into the family of Jesus. …
… so they could not so much as eat bread. But when his own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of him, for they said, he is out of his mind. Let's stop there. Now, I wanna show you who these people are because it says when his own people. So who are these people? Are they the disciples? Are they his friends? Is it part of the crowd? Well, the literal translation for own people in the Greek translates to they who were from beside him. And it was a word, it's a connotation to use, those that he was related to. So it's speaking of Jesus's own family. Likely, it's speaking of his mother and his brothers, because in just a moment, we're going to see them show up on the scene, and we're gonna see some responses that he has to them. So it's his own family, his mother and his brothers hear about what's happening, hear about what he's doing and their response is, he's out of his mind. …
And now I hate repeating it. If you look at Mark chapter 3, verse 21, it's going to mess you up. Mark chapter 3, verse 21 says that Jesus' family tried to get him committed. I never read this in my whole life. They tried to get him committed and Jesus' family tried to convince people he was out of his mind. I don't know who this is for. I don't know where the seven of y'all are. I don't know the 12 of y'all online. But God told me to tell you, you are not crazy. I better say it again. I know there's taboo language in our culture and in our construct, but I need to tell you, you are not crazy. Hallelujah. I don't know where you are online, but I don't know if you're in this room, but God told me to tell you, I know the enemy's been trying to convince you of such otherwise, but you are not crazy. You are not out of your mind. …