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The Upside Down World, Week 9, Day 5

by David Joynt on November 09, 2017


 LUKE 5:21 | LUKE 15:21-23 | JOHN 1:46


This parable has overtones connected directly with Jesus’ life and ministry. The leadership of Israel received an invitation from God through Jesus. His messianic deeds fulfilled the hopes of the prophets. His healings and authority over evil brought the Kingdom near. His teaching illuminated the Torah and rang with divine power. Yet most leaders rejected Jesus. They had excuses, but no legitimate reason. Some criticized His humble background, insisting nothing God could come from Nazareth. Some were critical of His company and concern for the ungodly. Some could not get past His theology and personal claim to have the right to forgive sins.

Who do you know who has misunderstood Jesus?


Pray for them today.



FAMILY TIME— Why did people get mad at Jesus? What does that mean for his followers?

Tags: misunderstood

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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