Wednesday 23 April 2014

Faith in Jesus

Faith in Jesus

“When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.  
Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked.  
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?  
Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”  
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own house is a prophet without honor.” 
And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” 
                                                                              Matthew 13:53-58.
Here Jesus is in his home town teaching. He obviously did some miracles although not many vs 58 noting “And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” 
His home town is similar to today. Miracles do happen but not as many as could happen if people had more faith.
Still Jesus did not come to be a miracle worker. He came to reconcile man to God. Jesus himself saying,
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
Like the people in Jesus home town the people in the world today have the choice to accept Him as Lord and Savior or turn away from him.
The choice is always there it is up to the individual to decide.
Think about it.

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