Where does this one have these things.

"Where does this one have these things?"

God bless my brothers of steemchurch today I want to share this little story.

The question of those present was reasonable: "What wisdom is this that is given to you, and these miracles that are made by your hands?" Without a doubt, the Holy Spirit was wanting to guide their minds to discover the true nature of Jesus.

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This question about the true identity of Jesus, was what caused so much commotion among the people of Nazareth, and will also be the key in the next stories.

(Mk 6: 14-15) "King Herod heard the fame of Jesus, because his name had become well known, and he said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these powers act in him. It is Elijah, and others said: He is a prophet, or one of the prophets."

And finally it will be the same Jesus who asks the question: (Mr 8: 27-29) "Who do men say that I am? ... And you, who do you say that I am? ..."

But let's go back to the question of the people of Nazareth: "Where does this one have these things?" None of them, despite not believing in him, dared to deny either his wisdom or his power. But this matter required some explanation, because neither his wisdom nor his power were "normal." What would they say about this? Where did they come from?

They thought that he had had to receive them from somewhere: "where do you have ...?". They quickly deduced that it was not something that had come to him through his family. They knew him well; he had been the carpenter of Nazareth for a long time, and his family still lived there. They were simple people, as we would say: "the people of all life." They also knew well that Jesus had not left to study with the great teachers of Jerusalem, probably because the family did not have the resources to do so either. So, they immediately ruled out that this was the channel through which Jesus had received both the wisdom and the power that left them all amazed.

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Another option, which seemed reasonable in view of the character of his miracles and his teaching, would be that God was acting through him. But their disbelief and the hardness of their hearts led them to discard that this could be the supernatural origin of their ministry. So, the only option they found was to attribute their works to the power of Beelzebub (Mark 3:22).

But why did they reject so quickly the idea that Jesus was working by the power of God? It must have been unacceptable to them that God could be acting using such weak means. The Jews of Nazareth considered Jesus as a man equal to them, whose family lived among them. After all, he was just the village carpenter. However, this has always been the way of God: "The vile of the world and the despised, God chose ..." (1 Cor 1: 27-28).

The unbelief of the people of Nazareth could not prevent Jesus from continuing to announce the Kingdom of God. Let us take good note of this, and let us not be paralyzed by the negative attitude of the world before the message of the Gospel. There are always people who are waiting for the message of salvation.