The Original "Pele"!!!

Familiarity…

Action: Display of picture of Jesus rejected at Nazareth his home town

And he(Jesus) went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. 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. 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. 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. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he MARVELLED because of their unbelief…- Mark 6:1-6 (KJV)

How true is the saying that familiarity breeds contempt! A true Prophet who is seen as a normal human being day in and day out gets (nine times out of ten) rejected by His OWN GENERATION, later on however with passage of time “wisdom” would dawn upon the next generation (who face no danger from the dead and gone, forthright Prophet) that the World had not given its due to that poor Saint. Passage of time bestows a halo upon the departed Saint. During Jesus’ time were not OT Prophets who had been persecuted by their contemporaries such as Jeremiah venerated (Matt 16:13-14)? The Son of God (more than anybody else, at least He deserved to be treated better) also had to swallow the bitter pill of rejection by His own people.

Even mighty miracles and teaching exuding Divine wisdom failed to impress the hard-hearted lot, so much so it limited Son of God from performing greater miracles. Lesson within a lesson. The wholesome power the Almighty is willing to unleash is directly proportionate to the faith of the beneficiary. To our own detriment we can end up limiting the power of our Divine benefactor by displaying a distinct lack of trust. The Lord would no doubt MARVEL, on how the doors can be closed even on ONE extending a helping hand.

Times have not changed. Though Jesus may not be physically around, His power/wisdom can be seen as clear as daylight in His Servants in whom His Spirit dwells (I Cor 3:16). However when His genuine ambassadors of the present generation give the altar call hoping that people helplessly drowning in sin would put their hands in the extended Hand of the Saviour who is oh-so-eager to save them, sadly response mostly is one of negativity and indifference. Surprising, isn’t it that the spiritually sick in sin, prefer to remain in fallen condition without ever putting themselves under the care of the Divine Doctor!!! How true are these catchy saying sayings oozing wisdom and also guaranteed to create “negative” wonder in the Wonderful One!

We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.