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Have you ever sat in front of a fire place or around a campfire? In the midst of that fire the embers continue to burn brightly. However, if you drag one away from the fire, its glow will eventually fade away. In the same way, you and I as Christians need to gather, as often as possible, with our brothers and sisters in Christ in order to keep our own spiritual fire burning.
Jesus told His brothers that His time differed from their time. They could come and go without any significance — for them any time was right. He, on the other hand, always pleased His Father, God, so His time movements were those that His Father desired.
How many signs would have been sufficient for them to believe? Jesus had already performed a number of miracles there in Capernaum (i.e. a man in the synagogue with an unclean spirit (Mark 1), Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1), the sick and demon possessed (Mark 1), Centurion’s servant (Matt. 8)) What is necessary for us to believe?