Click for Audio	Would You Have Recognized the Messiah? By James R. Faulkner

1. Did John the Baptist recognize the Messiah?
2. Did the Messiah's brothers initially believe in him?
3. Did people from the Messiah's home town believe in him?
4. Did his own people, the Jews, try to stone the Messiah several times?
5. Did the Religious leaders of his day believe in the Messiah?
6. Did at one point many of his own disciples turn away from him?
7. Did the Messiah speak in parables to make his teachings more clear to people?
8. How did the true Disciples Know who the Messiah was?
9. If you had lived in the days of the Messiah, would you have recognized him for who he was and believed in him?

1. Did John the Baptist recognize the Messiah?

• John 1:31: ³¹I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

• John 1:32-33: ³²John testified, saying, ... ³³I didn't recognize him...
• How did John the Baptist finally come to recognize the Messiah for who he was?



John 1:29-36

2. Did the Messiah's brothers initially believe in him?

• Mark 6:3
• John 7:5
• Did some of the Messiah's brothers finally come to believe in him?

• Galatians 1:19
• Jude 1:1

3. Did people from the Messiah's home town believe in him?

Mark 6:1-6

John 6:35-43

4. Did his own people, the Jews, try to stone the Messiah several times?

• John 8:31
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• John 10:22
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5. Did the Religious leaders of his day believe in the Messiah?

• The Messiah and the religious leaders of his day, did not get along.


• Matthew 23 - The Visual Bible

Matthew 23:1-39

• The Messiah accused the religious leaders of his day hypocrites, blind fools, snakes and murderers.
• People don't like being corrected, especially out in the public.
• Did the Messiah believe and teach that unity was more important than truth?



Matthew 10:34-39

6. Did at one point many of his own disciples turn away from him?

• John 6:22-71

7. Did the Messiah speak in parables to make his teachings more clear to people?


• I've heard ministers claim that the Messiah spoke in parables to make his message more clear.
• Matthew 13:1
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• Did the Messiah really speak in parables to make his teachings more clear? What did he say?

Matthew 13:11-17
Matthew 13:34-36

8. How did the true Disciples Know who the Messiah was?

• Matthew 16:13-20

Conclusion:

If you had lived in the days of the Messiah, would you have recognized him for who he was and believed in him?

• John 6:44
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• Only if God was calling you would you have recognized him for who he was.
• It is the same today. isn't it?
• John 10:25
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