Re:Verse passage – Mark 6:1-6 (day five) They were so close- those familiar with Jesus since His childhood. They saw. They heard. They encountered. They witnessed firsthand the Son of God growing up. They even asked the right questions…Where?? What?? Yet, they missed it. They missed Him- for who He really was. The reaction was spot on- amazement/astonishment. The response was way off base. How? Why? Let me suggest because they turned inward instead of upward. They began to answer those really good questions and observations on their own (amongst themselves)- based on their own understanding and experiences. “This is what I know and understand from my limited perspective”. “This is what we’ve always known and seen”. What could have happened if they had asked Jesus those questions? Those amazing words of life taught by Jesus in the synagogue fell on deaf ears (just like the soils). What if Jesus was given the opportunity to unpack the truths He was teaching instead of the slander and accusations that quickly bubbled up? A lesson for us as read we the scriptures and listen to sermons (every time). Where is the source of our answers and responses? Our own wisdom and experience, or from the One who has “the words of eternal life”.
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