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08.07.2012 JESUS IN HIS HOME TOWN

GOSPEL READING: MARK 6:1-6

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.
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Jesus is in his home place. His relatives and friends observe in him the divine wisdom and the divine power working in him. But they were fully aware of his human origin and that he has spent his time before public ministry here among them (he himself was the Carpenter – probably he took the job after his father Joseph). His people were offended at this. Jesus’ disciples observed this and this could have been a very good lesson for them too.

How did Jesus respond to this situation? At first he excused this (A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house). However he did do some good among them. But he could not do much among them. He marveled at their unbelief. Their unbelief was seen in their unwillingness to see God working in and through Jesus. They refused to see God in Jesus. In short they were blind to God. Finally he went about the nearby villages and worked miracles among them.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: மாற்கு 6:1-6

இவர் தச்சர் அல்லவா! மரியாவின் மகன்தானே! யாக்கோபு, யோசே, ய+தா, சீமோன் ஆகியோர் இவருடைய சகோதரர் அல்லவா? இவர் சகோதரிகள் இங்கு நம்மோடு இருக்கிறார்கள் அல்லவா?” என்றார்கள். இவ்வாறு அவரை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள அவர்கள் தயங்கினார்கள்.
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இயேசுவில் இறைஞானமும் இறைசக்தியும் செயல்பட்டது. இறைவன் இயேசுவில் இயேசு வழியாக செயல்பப்டார். ஆனால் அவருடைய உறவினரும் நண்பர்களும் இயேசுவில் இறைவனைக்கான தவறினர். இதைக்கண்ட இயேசு வியந்து அங்கு புதுமைகள் அதிகம் செய்யவில்லை. மற்ற இடங்களில் அவர் செயல்பட்டார். இறைவன் இருக்கிறார் அவர் மனிதனில் செயல்படுகிறார் என்பதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். அது எங்கேயும், எப்படியும், யாருக்கும் நடக்கலாம்.