Is Jesus Famous?

I. WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FAMOUS (Matthew 9:26, 31)

A. Historically

1. Character attributed to someone
2. Talk, report, or reputation

B. Scripturally

1. Word associations
a. Heard (Numbers 14:15)
b. Noised (Joshua 6:27)
c. Went out (1 Chronicles 14:17)
2. Examples of those identified as such
a. The LORD (Numbers 14:15)
b. Joshua (Joshua 6:27)
c. Solomon (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Kings 10:1, 7)
d. David (1 Chronicles 14:17)

II. WHEN CHRIST WAS FAMOUS (Matthew 9:18-33)

A. The Raising of Jairus’ Daughter (Matthew 9:18, 23-26)

1. The source of His fame (Matthew 9:18, 23-25)
a. A dead daughter of a certain ruler (Matthew 9:18)
b. The raising of the daughter (Matthew 9:23-25)
2. The spread of His fame – “the fame…went…into all that land” (Matthew 9:26)
3. The succession of His fame – “two blind men followed him” (Matthew 9:27)

B. The Healing of the Blind Men (Matthew 9:27-33)

1. The source of His fame (Matthew 9:27-30)
a. Two blind men followed the Lord (Matthew 9:27-28).
b. The Lord touched their eyes and healed them (Matthew 9:29-30).
2. The spread of His fame (Matthew 9:30-31)
a. The charge to tell no man (Matthew 9:30)
b. “They…spread abroad his fame in all that country” (Matthew 9:31)
3. The succession of His fame (Matthew 9:32-33)
a. They brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil (Matthew 9:32).
b. The devil was cast out (Matthew 9:33).

C. The Pattern Illustrated

1. Matthew 4:23-25
a. The source of His fame (Matthew 4:23)
1.) Teaching in their synagogues
2.) Preaching the gospel of the kingdom
3.) Healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
b. The spread of His fame – “his fame went throughout all Syria” (Matthew 4:24)
c. The succession of His fame (Matthew 4:24-25)
1.) They brought unto Him all sick people (Matthew 4:24).
2.) They brought unto Him those possessed with devils (Matthew 4:24).
3.) There followed Him great multitudes of people (Matthew 4:25).
2. Mark 1:21-28, 32-34; Luke 4:31-37, 40-41
a. The source of His fame (Mark 1:21-27; Luke 4:31-36)
1.) Teaching in their synagogues (Mark 1:21-22; Luke 4:31-32)
2.) Healing a man with an unclean spirit (Mark 1:23-27; Luke 4:33-36)
b. The spread of His fame (Mark 1:28; Luke 4:37)
1.) “His fame spread abroad throughout all the region” (Mark 1:28)
2.) “The fame of him went out into every place of the country” (Luke 4:37)
c. The succession of His fame (Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:40-41)
1.) They brought their diseased and possessed (Mark 1:32; Luke 4:40).
2.) The city gathered at the door of Simon’s mother-in-law’s house (Mark 1:33).
3. Luke 5:12-16
a. The source of His fame (Luke 5:12-13)
1.) A man full of leprosy (Luke 5:12)
2.) Jesus touched him and healed him (Luke 5:13)
b. The spread of His fame (Luke 5:14-15)
1.) The charge of silence (Luke 5:14)
2.) So much the more went there a fame abroad of Him (Luke 5:15)
c. The succession of His fame – “great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities” (Luke 5:15)

III. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE CHRIST FAMOUS AGAIN

A. Changed Lives

B. Open Mouths