Mark 12:37 "Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?"
And the common people heard Him gladly.
And the common people heard Him gladly.
A precious metal, such as gold, silver or platinum is highly valued because it is rare, difficult to obtain and carries unique beauty and usefulness. Sometimes precious metals are reclassified. Aluminum used to be a precious metal because it was difficult to extract. But then a Frenchman came along who invented a process to simplify aluminum extraction and it was no longer on the precious metals list (at one time Napoleon reserved his aluminum dishes for his finest guests!).
The wonder of our Lord is that He finds the greatest value among that which is common, not that which is rare. Even though we all are flawed with a vein of sin running through our raw human ore, He has a process to extract eternal value, purity and great usefulness for HImself from each of our lives. No wonder the common people heard Jesus gladly in the passage from Mark, quoted above.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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