The Inclinations of Hard Hearts (Mark 6:1-6)

When Jesus finally returned to the tiny town that He had lived in for three decades it would be easy to imagine a triumphal return home. Yet this return to the streets and the people He was so familiar with was not what we might expect for someone who had become so famous for doing the miraculous work of God everywhere He went. When Jesus came home he found than the people of Nazareth were more interested in finding fault that recognizing the work of God.

I. Hard hearts can hear the word and ignore the message. vs 1-2

II. Hard hearts are obsessed with the irrelevant. vs 3

III. Hard hearts are offended by most anything. vs 3-4

IV. Hard hearts often miss out on the miraculous. vs 5-6