Week of February 19, 2006, Mark 2: 1-12
One of the Scriptures for Sunday is from the Gospel of Mark, chapter 2, verses 1-12 – the story of four friends tearing apart a roof of a house to lower a man on a mat so that he could be brought to Jesus:
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, 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 and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now 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 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?
9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralytic,
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. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Dear Jesus, You help us realize that we need friends who care for us, who are persistent and who will do anything to bring us to Your feet. Remind us, Lord, that we cannot go it alone. We need You, and we need others to help, to encourage, to keep us faithful and keep us focused on You.
Jesus, thanks for the power that You bring in any situation in our lives. And that while the friends and the paralytic may not have come to You for sins to be forgiven, that You tell us that that is the first and most important part of our walk with You. For You “blot out our transgressions and remember our sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25). Thanks for that great promise, Lord. Thanks for Your healing power. And thanks for Your love and Your presence with us always. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
If you would like to leave a message or have a prayer request, e-mail me at: peacewm@tds.net.
Thanks, and God be with us now and always.
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, 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 and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now 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 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?
9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'?
10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralytic,
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. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Dear Jesus, You help us realize that we need friends who care for us, who are persistent and who will do anything to bring us to Your feet. Remind us, Lord, that we cannot go it alone. We need You, and we need others to help, to encourage, to keep us faithful and keep us focused on You.
Jesus, thanks for the power that You bring in any situation in our lives. And that while the friends and the paralytic may not have come to You for sins to be forgiven, that You tell us that that is the first and most important part of our walk with You. For You “blot out our transgressions and remember our sins no more” (Isaiah 43:25). Thanks for that great promise, Lord. Thanks for Your healing power. And thanks for Your love and Your presence with us always. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
If you would like to leave a message or have a prayer request, e-mail me at: peacewm@tds.net.
Thanks, and God be with us now and always.
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