Does Your Family Believe You are “Out of Your Mind”? You’re in Good Company Because Jesus Faced the Same Thing with His Family

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

Does your family think you are “out of your mind” because you disagree with them on things like COVID-19 measures such as the wearing of masks, and taking COVID-19 vaccines?

If you are being accused of being “out of your mind,” please take comfort from the fact that people said the same thing about Jesus Christ when he walked this earth, including his own family who wanted to seize him, and stop him from his “insanity.”

Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.

When his family heard about this, they went to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” (Mark chapter 3)

This story is recorded in the 3rd chapter of the Gospel of Mark. The context of this story is that the public ministry of Jesus was increasing in popularity, due to the fact that he was actually healing people and also casting demons out of people.

This brought in crowds from all over Israel and even beyond to find this man who was healing people, and listen to his teaching:

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.

When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.

Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.

Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was. (Mark 3:7-12)

This caused no small controversy, because Jesus was challenging the Globalists of his day, as the “priests” were the only ones allowed to declare someone as “healed” according to the Law of Moses.

Jesus got so fed up with them and their tyrannical control over the people, that he rubbed it into their faces, by daring to not only heal people, but do it on the “Sabbath” in defiance of their authority.

This enraged them, and they began the plot to assassinate him.

Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.

Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”

Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?”

But they remained silent.

He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”

He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. (Mark 3:1-6)

It is within this context that the family members of Jesus tried to remove him from the public. He was obviously an embarrassment to their family, and they probably feared the authorities as well.

The word used in Mark 3:21 for “seize” is translated in some versions as “take custody”:

And when His own people heard about this, they came out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” (Mark 3:21 NASB)

And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” (Mark 3:21 ESV)

When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” (Mark 3:21 NET)

When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” (Mark 3:21 NIV84)

So if you are being accused by your family of being “out of your mind” and people are taking action to remove you from your job, or prevent you from attending your church, etc., just because you do not want to obey the tyrannical health authorities of our day, you are following in the steps of Jesus Christ himself!

This is why Jesus stated that to follow him on the true path that leads to life, means to put our loyalty to him even above our family members.

Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law– a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. – Jesus (Matthew 10:34-38)

For more on this topic of putting Jesus above even our own family members, see:

Loyalty to Christ Must Surpass Loyalty to Family: “I Did not Come to Bring Peace, but a Sword” – Jesus

What have replaced the “priests” and “Pharisees” of Jesus’ day today are the modern day “priests” called “doctors” and the government health authorities that rule over the people, such as the FDA and the CDC.

But those of us who know Jesus Christ do not recognize their authority, because the authority of Jesus Christ to restore people to health and declare people “healed” still exists today, and it exceeds the false authority of the Government alphabet agencies.

I wrote this article on Jesus’ authority to heal over ten years ago, but it is probably more relevant today than it was 10 years ago. See:

The Authority to Heal

It is time to look to Jesus for healing and restoration, and stop listening to these talking head superstar doctors, including the ones in the Alternative Media who are falsely telling people they cannot be healed if they take a COVID-19 shot.

Jesus is still active today healing people, it is just that there are now so few who have not idolized the medical system and left it so that there is room for Jesus’ power to heal people.

Most of the Corporate Christian Church has bought into the lie that the “sign” gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as gifts of supernatural healing, no longer exist today, while those denominations that still do believe in supernatural healing are still entrapped in Corporate Christianity and the many other false teachings of the “Church” and the Christian religion and their idolatry in participating in the Satanic medical system which is based upon a false foundation of the meaning of life.

I, for one, will gladly endure the ridicule and being called “out of my mind” because we are the true children of God and disciples of Jesus, and Satan has no leverage over us, because we do not even fear physical death, but welcome it.

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked.

For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord – for we live by faith, not by sight.

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised. (2 Corinthians Chapter 5)

Published on January 27, 2022

11 Comments

Kimmy November 1, 2022 at 5:56 am - Reply

Same experience here. Not loving the idols of this world, not believing obvious false propaganda, trusting the Lord to keep you and provide for you …will get you called crazy and dumb, even by Christian-professing family & friends.

TS00 October 27, 2022 at 8:14 pm - Reply

I continue to find your articles, and your insight, to be about the most on target of anything I have read in a very long time. Am I truly ‘out of my mind’ to reject today’s ‘Science’, ‘Politics’, ‘Religion’ and the false ‘Reality’ that the god of this world has deceptively woven for us? Are not many people actually beginning to sense that things are not what they seem, nor, likely, ever have been? 

Sometimes I feel alone in the world, but I know that God is real, that He has spoken concerning all of these things, that we might have peace even in the valley of the shadow of death in which we find ourselves. Though (it often seems) no one join me, still I will follow Him. Thanks for sharing.

MR January 28, 2022 at 11:50 am - Reply

Amen! Amen!  Been living that way since I got saved 30 years ago. Was a member of a small church whose pastor learned from his pastor father to prepare for these days we are currently living through. He is now 96 and still trusting God with his health. He takes no meds either Rx or OTC. He had a praying mother who believed that prayer/the power of god  was stronger than medicine. I had to choose to live this article 30 years ago since my family believed I joined a cult  when I got saved and stopped all things in my life that was not from God. Praise the Lord, He is faithful. Thanks for your article!!

TruFoods Nutrition January 28, 2022 at 10:09 am - Reply

I returned to school for my PhD in integrative and functional nutrition. I am amazed at how each of my professors has mentioned they got injected and then state it reduces risk of severity and death. These are people who know how to read research and I don’t see any of them discussing absolute risk, or questioning design and methods in many of these junk science studies. I just thought that people in the nutrition space would understand the research and reasons why the injection is unsafe but many of my professors are also RDs who have been thigh to an allopathic model of health. I haven’t spoken out to teachers yet bc I know it will impact my grades and am waiting until I complete my dissertation but it does bother me that I am not speaking up to them just yet.

Brian-Admin January 28, 2022 at 10:35 am - Reply

The pharmaceutical cartel and especially the Vaccine Cult is thoroughly entrenched in our culture, and it has been that way for a long time.

Few even know how to examine the basic premises of the system, such as the definition of “life”, the definition of “sickness” (future article coming on this one) or the definition of “health.”

The allopathic pro-pharma pro-death religion ingrains these definitions into our mind our whole life, and those who have the truth, namely those who claim to follow the teachings and ancient wisdom of the Scriptures which contradict all these definitions, are also not taught critical thinking skills to evaluate language and judge what is true and what is false.

The religious communities just trust what is taught and preached to them from the professionals in their religion, instead of going directly to the source to learn for themselves.

So the basic premises and presuppositions are seldom, if ever, challenged.

Sailon November 11, 2022 at 4:34 am - Reply

The world has been duped by a cartel since JD took over the global health systems 100 years ago.
Reason and morals were replaced with margins and profits. The entire business model is the Repeat Customer. In other words well people are useless to their business strategy. Over the last 100 years all steps have been taken to impair wellness. The adoption of the Ancel keys diet, the low fats high carbs meal plans are all 100% disease forming. Look around, who’s not on pills there days?
There’s no such thing as breakfast, lunch and dinner foods, there is only a meal time with real foods.
If you even suffer mild disease states like colds and flu’s you are getting a coded message that your wellness is just about shot. These mild diseases are also alarm bells to review your diet and perhaps the level of self abuse also?
My evidence is based on my own wellness levels. I onced suffered dozens of health issues.
Once I went mainly keto, cutting refined carbs to a minimum, my health soared.
All of my conditions cleared up. No more meds for anything.
Just eat whole farm fresh produce at all your meals and see what happens?

Joanne G January 28, 2022 at 8:44 am - Reply

The past two years have been very hard with family pressuring and making fun of my decision not to get this vaccine. I’ve never experienced anything like this and I’m in my 60’s. I also take care of my 97 year old mother, who also did not want the shot. We did catch omicron and both got over it. I am steadfast in my decision and feel we both have natural immunity now. I prefer to trust in God before I will trust in the government or big pharma.

Helen January 28, 2022 at 10:05 pm - Reply

I’m with you. Good health, proper nutrition and faith in God’s protection. I also think fear is a tool of the enemy, especially sad that so many fellow believers don’t see the connection!

Cliff January 29, 2022 at 9:00 am - Reply

I’m 70 and have never had a shot for anything.  Oh I’ve been shot with guns many times but never with a needle.  I don’t do nothing Jesus didn’t do.

Cliff January 28, 2022 at 8:29 am - Reply

Well when the BIG pharma doctor cut me open on 4-12-91 and found that my appendix had been burst for 34 years he stated that my death was imminent.  But he failed to understand that during that 34 years I had not been sick enough to miss any work and three days after he plugged the hole I was back on my feet walking the halls of the hospital.  It was the same the night the raging man ran into the store in 1983 and shot me in the heart and I fell dead to the floor and bled out.  But while my murderer was going through my cash drawer, I just got back up, pick up his gun and locked the stores front door.  Yes I do have the immortal creative energy of Jesus pulsing through my physical tent.  What, you don’t?  How can you possible survive what is going on in this crazy world if you do not?  Yes I’m 70 now and people have been claiming I’m crazy for a very long time.

Sarah January 27, 2022 at 6:23 pm - Reply

Dear sir:
I was just reading the verses that you have cited this morning, Mark Chapter 3 (and also was mulling over 2 Corinthians Chapter 5 last night) Thank you for showing the other versions. I have glossed over, the “He is beside himself” line by his friends, that I had to reread it again.

But I, too, indeed was deemed crazy by my family, the nearest saying at a point, at full exasperation, We have thought of bringing you to a psychiatrist. It was painful, but the LORD’s message was for me not to think of myself.

I find comfort in what Jesus said: “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” 

Thank you for this article.

Sarah