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I was reminded of a time from the book of Mark where the Bible says Jesus was not able to perform miracles, and could only heal “a few people”.
When I first heard that again, it struck me as quite odd. Here is the Creator of all that is, and he is actually limited by a group of people’s lack of faith? Couldn’t he work around that somehow? It says he was only able to heal a few people. How strange.
In other instances, Jesus does say, “Your faith has made you well.” But, I guess I always just glanced over that a bit. I mean, really. It’s not our faith, but God’s power, right? Isn’t it? Well, if it is… how was it that Jesus was unable to perform miracles in his hometown? How is it that he was so limited?
I think this is a neat reminder that though Jesus certainly was the Word through whom the universe was created, he was also fully, 100% man. He did nothing without the Father’s lead. That concept just doesn’t make sense. You can’t be 100% of two things. That would be 200%, and that’s not possible by definition. But Jesus is, and was, and that’s just a tad confusing. 🙂
Just a little something to get you thinking…