Christian Family Services Ministry

11-21-2016 – A Word to the Wise: “Two major incidents in Jesus’ life record reflect the family hostility. Mark 3:19ff records the first incident. Here Jesus, near the beginning of His ministry, has experienced wide success as a result of His healing multitudes of the sick. Jesus selects twelve disciples to help in His future ministry and then goes home. The crowds give Him no peace, constantly bringing the lame, blind, and sick for His attention. His family hears of it and comes to take Him away forcibly saying, “He is crazy.” At the same time, His chief enemies, the scribes, sling such venomous slurs upon Him that he warns them they are on the brink of committing a sin with eternal consequences.