Mark 2:1-5
When Jesus arrived in this town, the city was turned upside down.
Wherever God is present change can happen.
The problem:
Paralysis says ‘you are stuck’.
I want to make things better, but I can’t.
I want to be a better person but I can’t.
I want to forget that ‘thing’ that happened in my past but I can’t.
The solution:
It took 4 men to carry this paralytic.
Carrying the paralytic wasn’t easy.
Are you a friend of a person who may be an outcast?
Will you do all that you can to carry them to Him?
These were not ordinary believers. They were friends who believed in an extraordinary Jesus. They were not leaving until their friend was healed.
The result:
Many people are identified by their behaviour…paralytic.
Jesus calls him ‘son’. He gave him a name and that then gave him a relationship.
Jesus is still restoring identities all over the world.
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