Four Crazy Friends

Mark 2:1-12 NKJV

1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” 6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘ Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” —He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

You have to fight to keep your relationships right. When you make the effort to be there for people, they can have confidence in you, when you are needed in the future. If you do that, the biggest part of the battle is won, because you can be trusted.

Their cannot be two visions or two ideas of how a problem or situation can be solved. Unity is necassary for our success. We must be on the same page, working for the same result. We can't be moody, we must keep our emotions in check. People don't want to be around that type of attitude. We have to be relational, understanding one another.
We have to be in agreement. Where two agree on earth, as is described in Matthew 18:19-20 NKJV

19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

We need to invest in people. The paralytic could have died in his condition without his friends. Be there for those who need you.



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