Jesus Marveled!!!

As we finish our look at Mark 6:1-6, we will look at verse 6 today:



Mark 6:6

6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.



Wow! Jesus among His own people and as He leaves them His final thought is....wonder and astonishment at their unbelief in Him! It makes me wonder what He thinks about the unbelief in this nation of ours. There are only two times in scripture that mentions Jesus marveled. One is here of course and the other is in Matthew:



5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.”

7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!



Here Jesus was marveled at belief, in the passage in Mark we are looking at He was marveled at unbelief.



When we encounter folks who reject Jesus, I want us to see what Jesus did... He left and went to others who were teachable! But remember this was his second time back to His hometown, the first time they tried to kill him...but He still went back!



Let us make sure Jesus is not marveled at us this Monday morning!



Tom