WORTH THE EFFORT (Mark 2)
Mark 2:1 A
few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he
had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was
no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
II. Go Out of Your Way to Give Someone a Lift
3
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4
Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an
opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat
the man was lying on.
III. Your Out of
the Way Faith Activates Christ’s Forgiveness and Healing
5
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are
forgiven.” 6Now some teachers of the law were sitting there,
thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s
blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 Jesus said to them, “Which is
easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get
up, take your mat and walk’? 10
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive
sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat
and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view
of them all.
