| Why Miracles Happen? |
| Lesson Nine: by turtle Mark 6:1-6 KJV (1) And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. (2) And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? (3) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. (4) But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. (5) And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. (6) And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. Working on lesson nine and a lot of things began to go through my mind. Here we have a story of Jesus being in the village where He grew up. Everyone knew Him. He was a son of a carpenter. Yet when Christ came teaching and performing miracles no one believed. Seems like a strange event. Every town Christ healed in people believed. People seen the healing taking place of friends and family of chronic conditions that seems to have no cure and yet Christ enters his earthly home town and finds few believe. Yet this did not stop Him from doing some miracles, he just did not do as many because of a lack of faith of the people. Instead he went about teaching them. No doubt the church world has gotten to this same place in some ways. They desire the miracles but faith seems to be the trouble. Yet it only takes a small amount of faith for a miracle to happen. Yet miracles are not massed produced on our time table. It is by God’s timing and purpose. I think the showing of a lack of faith in his hometown would help the disciples to understand what Christ was fixing to ask them to do. Lets look at the next passage of scripture in Mark. Mark 6:7-13 KJV (7) And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; (8) And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: (9) But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. (10) And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. (11) And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. (12) And they went out, and preached that men should repent. (13) And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. Christ was fixing to send out the disciples to teach and to heal. Yet he was preparing them for those that would not receive them. How true it is. I found some churches more then willing to let you preach and teach and yet some of them are not what they seem. Yet so it is in the world. Some people receive but no peace is there. Some open doors and then slam them in your face. Christ sent his disciples out to preach and to heal. He sent them with no worldly comforts just the clothes on their backs. He was sending them out to teach them faith. How to trust God for provisions and needs. Healing that would take place would be for their benefit as well as to help build the faith of the people. What a step of faith these men would need to have. Yet they seen the wonders of God and believed in Jesus enough to follow his instruction. They seen Him rejected even by His own village, yet this did not discourage them. They went out on faith. The lack of miracles and the abundance of miracles are for faith building. Can you trust God even when your miracle do not come. Do you still trust God despite rejection? Are you willing to leaning on God blindly and follow Christ instruction? If the answer is yes, then you are ready for the journey ahead of you. If you are willing to deal with whatever comes your way, you are ready to follow Jesus each step of the way despite miracles or lack of miracles. We are to teach and preach at open doors. One thing I have also learned wisdom must be used at open doors. Sometimes doors are opened but they are ones you should not walk through. In Acts 8 Simeon the sorcerer want to buy the Holy Spirit. You can not go into places that want to use God as there own financial gain. These groups more then gladly welcome anyone in without knowing anything about a speaker. These are open doors that one should stay away from. People that use God are not doing the work of God. |
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