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Monday, April 7, 2008
Refusing to Believe
Jesus left there and went back to his home town. His
followers went with him. On the Sabbath day Jesus taught in
the synagogue. Many people heard him teach and were amazed.
These people said, "Where did this man get this teaching? How
did he get this wisdom? Who gave it to him? And where did he
get the power to do miracles? {Surely, not from God!} He is
only the carpenter. And his mother is Mary. He is the brother
of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters are here
with us." The people did not accept Jesus.
-- Mark 6:1-3 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
"He's just ..." There wasn't anything about Jesus' early life that
attracted the attention and fascination of his fellow townspeople. They
expected nothing great of him. He was just another kid from their town.
They knew his family and they expected no great thing out of him. So
they were offended by actions that captured the hearts of other people
and they refused to believe what so many called compelling evidence of
his divinity. Despite thousands of years of witnesses, the faith of
many in the scientific community, and the testimony of close friends,
many today refuse to believe. For some, the problem is pride. For
others, it is a lifestyle they don't want to change. For others, it is
a lack of interest. For others, there are some intellectual hangups.
But underneath it all, there is a refusal to believe ... a refusal to
seek after something that they can't identify or analyze with empirical
investigation. So which are you, one who refuses to believe and denies
faith or one who seeks after truth and finds faith?
TODAY'S PRAYER:
O Holy and compassionate Father, stir my heart to seek after you. I
want to know truth ... physical truth and spiritual truth. Correct me
in my wrong-headedness and beckon me in my truth-seeking. I ask this in
Jesus' name. Amen.
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