Do Not Allow Your Perception to Obscure the Truth

Note from today’s Bible reading: Mark 6

When Jesus returned to His hometown after beginning His public ministry, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath and “began to teach” (Mark 6:1-2). There He found an audience made up of people who already knew who He was. Unfortunately, rather than accepting His message, they “took offense at Him” (Mark 6:3).

Why would the “many listeners” (Mark 6:2) in …