When you spend time looking at Jesus’ perfection in Mark 6:1 it is not only His perfection that surprises us but it is equally surprising the reactions of the villagers from His home town. It wasn’t the “mighty works” that took them aback, it was that these were being attributed to the Jesus they knew. Usually when that is the assessment it is because the person who is being evaluated has such a bad reputation as to warrant the reaction. But that was simply not the case with Jesus; you would have thought that they would have said in light of His perfection, “Well that makes perfect sense, He was always such a polite and caring person while He lived here.” In the case of Jesus their familiarity with Him bred contempt that was NOT BECAUSE of His character, but IN SPITE of it. Listed in the 2nd verse is four observations that puzzled them about Jesus whom they had known for 30 years:
•The source of His knowledge
•The character of His wisdom
•The significance of His power
•The majesty of His person
That these four observations were the source of contempt is an indictment not upon Jesus but upon the villagers of Nazareth who had witnessed His perfection for 30 years. The only conclusion you can come up with is that these four things will always remain a mystery to those who CHOOSE to believe that Jesus is NOT and cannot ever be the Son of God!
People that refuse to believe, will never be able to see:
•How a mere carpenter could be a prophet!
•How a person who grew up in their midst could have such character!
No, they fall into the trap that so many do, that a person’s education or upbringing determines a person’s character. They will continue to believe that somehow God must work through their own preconceived acceptable channels of their choosing and if God so chooses to not do so He will be subject to their preconceived prejudices.