For the Miraculous to Happen (Mk 2:1-12 (Mt 9:2-8; Lk 5:18-26)
by Pastor Cesar Crisostomo | July 8, 2018
Mark 2:1-12 (Matthew 9:2-8; Luke 5:18-26)Can you just imagine all the talk and maybe the commotion in this village of Capernaum when people heard and found out that Jesus was back in their town? Remember that Jesus had been in their village a few days earlier teaching and healing many including the mother-in-law of Simon Peter (Mark 1:21-34). When the people heard that He had come back they began to gather at the house where He was staying and possibly at Peter’s house. So many had gathered that there was no room in the house to hold them. But here we find Jesus preaching the Word to them, performing a miracle of healing and declaring He is God by forgiving the sins of the paralyzed man. This is one of many stories of a great miracle in the Bible. Let us look as some of the elements of the miraculous when God moves in people’s lives.
Elements of the miraculous.1. People who experiences the miraculous, who experiences the miraculous touch of the Lord are people who move with a great deal of passion. People who are truly committed and no matter the cost to bring their personal needs or the needs of others to the Lord. The miraculous doesn't just happen in people's lives unless someone has a passion for it. Someone with a deep desire for God to do something. (v. 3-4)
2. For the miraculous to happen there needs to be a real sense of submission in our part. We must be willing to let God do it the way He wants to. In other words, letting the Lord perform the miracle His way.
- The four men brought the paralyzed man, their friend to healed by Jesus, but Jesus forgave the man’s sin instead. I think these men did not bring this paralytic to get save, but to be able to walk again. I am sure there was confusion and even disappointment on these men’s part and maybe others present at the time when what they hoped for didn’t happen. But, we need to understand that God is far more concerned about the wholeness of our life than the health of our life. He is more concerned about the serious deep things in my life than the surface things. While we are good in discovering problems in our own life and even in others, God is good in discovering the greater need we have. That is, forgiving us of our sins and saving us. (v. 5)
4. Miracles stretches our faith. When we are to experience the miraculous, we will be stretched in our thinking. When things seem to not make sense, will I be willing to trust Jesus? (v. 6-10)
5. You and I cannot experience the miraculous without Jesus Christ!
