Mark 2 Session 1

It was noised that Jesus was in the house. What a great thing to hear that Jesus is in the house.
When people heard that Jesus was in the house" they crowded into hear what he had to say. We also know that there where certain people who just wanted to catch him out, trip him up and say "there I told you he was a fraud". I hope that we are not one of those people that try and catch Jesus out. Anyway what we read is that 4 people carrying a man who is crippled are so determined to get to Jesus that all protocol goes out of the window and they start to dismantle the house. WHAT!!! Imagine that happening to you or me. I am sure that our response would be to call the police. But in this instance we do not read that the owner did that.

What kind of a person is this that:-

1. Opens his house to Jesus
2. Allows loads of people that he does not know into his space
3. Just stands back and lets them dismantle his house

This owner appeared to be very gracious and I believe that this is something to do with the fact that he had embraced Jesus as the Son of God and was committed to alowing him to proclaim the truth. We will only allow the truth to be delivered from our home if we believe that it is the truth. This man would not have allowed Jesus to be speaking in his house if he had not at first embraced the truth of what Jesus was saying. Remember that we read in Mark 1 that Jesus carried on from John and preached repentance. A radical message that when accepted says "I was wrong, You are right"

Lord change us so that we become people that are gracious and giving, allowing you to use what we have so that your name is glorified.