Are We Bringing Others To Christ?
We find in Matthew 9, Mark 2, and Luke 5 a story of a man sick of the palsy, which had persons who were determined to bring him to Jesus for healing.
1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
4 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.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
I would just like to make a few points here I think we could all do to remember sometimes in our busy lives:
1. Christ was preaching the Word.
2. There was a sick man unable on his own to come unto Jesus.
3. There were persons who were interested enough in the wellbeing of the sick man to take time out of their day to help him come to Jesus.
4. There was faith in Jesus that he could heal the man.
5. Luke says “there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by”, but the religious crowd did not stop them from coming to Jesus.
6. The place was apparently so full of people no one else could enter, but the mass of people and crowded building did not stop them from coming to Jesus.
7. By removing the roof to lower the sick man to Jesus, those who bore him went above and beyond normal expectations to ensure he came to Jesus.
8. When Jesus saw their faith the man was healed.
Had there been no faith, no help from others willing to care for another, or fear of the religious and crowd, how would the sick man ever have met Jesus and been made whole?
The Word is being preached. What are we doing to ensure we ourselves come to Christ, and those around us are brought to Him for the cleansing of sin also?
