I was just going through this miracle of the Paralytic man getting healed, after going through an article of it. This miracle is been mentioned in three books of Bible Matthew, Mark and Luke. But here let me take your focus to one book and I chose Luke randomly. Let me just put the picture of that place of miracle through these verses.
"One day as He (Jesus) was teaching, the pharsees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the POWER OF THE LORD was present for Him to HEAL THE SICK." (Luke 5:17).
This verse shows us that all spiritually well built peoples were present there to listen to Jesus, and we also could see that Lord Jesus was there with His healing power to heal any sick who wants to be healed.
Luke 5:18 & 19 "Some men carrying a paralytic on a mat TRIED TO ENTER INTO THE HOUSE TO LAY HIM BEFORE JESUS". "When they COULD NOT FIND A WAY to do this because of the crowd, THEY WENT UP on the roof and lowered his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in FRONT OF JESUS". Amen.
Jesus had all the power to heal any sick who's gonna be brought to him there, but the people who sitting with him, the crowd, actually hindered a man from being blessed. Yes, the scriputure says clearly says who all was sitting there (doctrinely wise), what kind of power Jesus had while sitting among them, who (common people and not pastors or great teachers) brought a paralytic man. In spite of Jesus of having all the source to heal this man, coz of the hinderences of such people, that poor, paralysed man was unable to reach Jesus.
Dear people of God, many at times, its just the people around us, through their limited and little faith they scale God and give us one picture of "God-of-limited-access". And we too agree to their teaching and limit our blessings. But those guys who brought that parlytic man knew very clearly that, "If we get Jesus attention this friend of ours is saved", and so they took him to the roofs and lowered him through tiles in front of Jesus.
Nothing stopped them from dong this, they were never bothered about the people who refused to give way to take this man into the house, their focus was just on "HOW SHALL WE TAKE HIM TO THE ATTENTON OF JESUS". And that made them open the roof through the tiles. I really don't know how hard it would have been for them to lift this guy all the way to the roof and then dig through the roof !! THEY DID IT, COZ THEY HAD THE RIGHT PICTURE OF JESUS IN THEIR HEARTS AND THEY WERE NEVER PUT TO SHAME. Coz their friend or relative I don't know who, got healed, as well as got an Eternal life. Yes thats what happens to all who gets the attention of Jesus.
Lets now go deeper to the thoughts of that paralytic man through this verse-
"When Jesus saw THEIR FAITH, He said, "Friend your sins are forgiven?". (Luke 5:20)
Here we could see Jesus saw THEIR FAITH, that THEIR was none but those four common guys. Hallelujah !!!! Surely I believe that paralyzed man would have lost all his hope when he saw the hinderences of his blessing to be recieved. But Jesus definitely honored those guys faith by not just healing their friend's paralysed body, but paralysed spirit as well.
A bodily paralysed human can never walk through his way to be healed or saved, likewise a SPIRITUALLY Paralysed human too, cannot go through the path of "The Way, The Light and The Truth" on his/her own. He/she definitely needs our fervent prayers, which shall take our pleas to Lord Jesus who can give them Health and Healing to their broken life, body and spirit. When I have mentioned PARALYTIC, don't ever be surprised for them to help you with their support to take your prayers to the roof, NO, THEY SURELY NEVER WILL. A bodily paralysed human can never move his/her body, its stiff beyond any slight adjustment. Its the same with a SPIRITUALLY paralyzed human too, they cannot believe nor do what you ask them to do. But Jesus is our only way and lets make sure we take our loved ones to Him, who can say "Take your mat and walk and your sins are forgiven". When WE GET THE ATTENTION OF JESUS, all that burdened you all through the journey of lowering from the roof, is solved.
"But you may know that Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins....." He said to the PARALYZED man, "I (Jesus) tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home PRAISING GOD". (Luke 5:24,25)
I feel so blessed to share this revelation God gave me. Praises to Jesus my Lord. Amen !!!!!
Those guys knew Jesus is the only way fo their friend's life, how much they'd have loved to take that big step of Faith. Jesus Honors Love, coz He is Love and thats why all that He asked of us was "Love Thy Neighbors".
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