Faith Unstoppable

Mark 2:3-4  

"And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered 

the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they 

let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay." 

    The news of his coming immediately spread abroad. In the morning the door of the house was opened and anyone who wished to come in was welcome. The door was never shut.  So, in no time, a crowd had filled the house; and they were all eagerly listening to what Jesus had to say. 

    Within the crowd came four men carrying a stretcher with a friend of theirs who was paralyzed laying on it. They could not get through the crowd at all, but these men were determined. The roof of a Palestinian house was flat. It was regularly used as a place of rest and of quiet. So the four men dug out the filling between two of the beams and let their friend down direct at Jesus' feet. When Jesus saw this faith he must have smiled an understanding smile for He looked at the man and said "Child,"  "your sins are forgiven." 

    The story of this healing has been studied in two different ways. 1. The man in this story may well have been paralyzed because consciously or unconsciously his conscience agreed that he was a sinner, and the thought of being a sinner brought the illness which he believed was the inevitable consequence of sin. 2. The "faith" of his four friends that carried him to the house and made a big enough hole in the roof to be able to let in down, right in front of Jesus. Jesus saw and felt the faith of the four men and healed the Paralytic man. The first thing that Jesus said to him was, "Child, God is not angry with you. It's all right." 

    My Friends,  It is a lovely story because the first thing that Jesus does for everyone of us is to say, "Child, God is not angry with you. Come home, and don't be afraid."

Amen!

Reading: Mark 2:1-12

               Matt. 9:1-8

               Luke 5:17-26

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry