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FOUR GOOD WORKERS
Mark 2:1-5
In this case, 4 to 1 were good odds.
In this scripture passage we see four men
bringing one man to Christ. We are not told where they were from,
who they are, but their action is recorded in the Word.
Hearing that Jesus was at home, many people were
gathered together to hear a word from Him. The house was packed out.
It just goes to show that you don’t have to be just in church to
hear a word from God.
These men were unable to get to Jesus because of
the crowd, so they removed the roof.
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Question: How many times have we let some little interference or
something keep us from coming to meet Jesus at church? How hard
will we try to overcome these things and meet Jesus
anyway?
These four men wanted to get their one friend to
Jesus because they had faith the He could heal their friend. They
tore the roof off enough to get their friend down to where Jesus was
speaking to the crowd.
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Question: How much trouble will we go through to bring a friend
to meet Jesus – Personally?
These four men may represent four things that are
essential in seeking to bring a friend to meet Jesus today.
1. Prayer
– Why is prayer so important?
It is the hand that opens the door of heaven and
lets out the power of God. Some churches today have little power
because they have little prayer.
2. Faith
– Why does it have to take faith?
The Lord moves when His people show faith.
And Jesus seeing their faith said to the
paralytic, ‘My son, your sins are forgive.” Action was taken by
Jesus.
3. Sympathy
– If the compassion of Christ moves through you and beams upon a
lost person, that lost person may soon throw off the clothing of
indifference and open up himself (or herself) to you. This is a
picture of the Holy Spirit working in and through you to reach
someone else.
4. Perseverance
– These four men kept on until they had their friend at Jesus’
feet. even though there seemed no way, they made a way.
So keep on praying, having faith, showing
sympathy, and Persevere in your endeavor of
working for Christ.
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