“Little Effort, BIG OPPORTUNITY”
Little People, Big God—Part 5
Mark 2:1-12 June 29, 2014
1. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE JESUS.
“A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the
people heard that he had come home.” v 1
2. THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET JESUS.
“They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left,
not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.
Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four
of them.” v 2-3
3. THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORGET JESUS.
“Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they
made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it
and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.’” v 4
4. THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE JESUS.
“When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, ‘Son,
your sins are forgiven.’” v 5
5. THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP JESUS.
“Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to
themselves, ‘Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s
blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ 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? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins
are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? But I
want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins.’ So he said to the man, ‘I tell you, get up, take your
mat and go home.’” v 6-11
6. THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER JESUS.
“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!’” v 12