Uneducated but Useful

During a Jewish festival in Jerusalem, Jesus shook up the religious establishment of His day when He had the gall to go into THEIR temple and preach (John 7:14). 

With Jesus having NO formal training, they were aghast that He would do such a thing!

Later, Peter and John stirred up the hornet’s nest AGAIN by doing exactly the same thing (Acts 4:13). How DARE they?

Those guys are “uneducated and common men” they snarled until they finally hung their heads.

Because THEN they suddenly realized, those guys KNEW Jesus. 

ASK, why would God put His own Son through the school of hard knocks by filling His hands with blisters and splinters? 

Couldn’t God just put Him through the best religious institution? You know He could.

ASK why did Jesus’ eyes squint through the Sun’s blinding reflection on those choppy waters while looking for those hard working fishermen?

YELLING, “let me show you how to do that with people!"

(Matthew 4:19)!” If you want something different, you’ve got to shake things up a bit (Matthew 9:17), and WHY not? 

Don’t we ALL hunger for something more?

I know I do.

How about a guy who’s NOT a scholar or a theologian, but has been through the school of hard knocks?

We’ll just allow God to translate his skills into something NEW like Jesus always does.

1. Ask, what would Jesus be looking for in a Pastor?
2. What criteria would (and did) Jesus use?
3. What skills does this person have that God could translate and use in His kingdom?