Miracles in the Making 6
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House of Miracles...
House of Miracles...
When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home. So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them. They came to him bringing a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they were not able to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
But some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts: “Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Right away Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he told the paralytic—“I tell you: get up, take your mat, and go home.”
Immediately he got up, took the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Jesus was in the house
When Jesus is at home
Miracles are in the house
On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in him.
What’s in the house?
His Presence
The Word…was being preached and taught. We can’t seperate the Word and the Miraculous. They came to hear and be healed and delivered, not entertained.
Faith was present. He saw their faith! By their actions.
People are in the house…all kinds of people…all color, all backgrounds, all levels of society…
Miracles are in the house…
Not the building but the atmosphere and activity in the building. Not just pews, pulpits, and performances…
The Holy Ghost is in the house…
His House is...
They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves, and would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple. He was teaching them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!”
He cleansed the temple
Sometimes have to clean our house.
Jesus had to clean house and restore the House to its true purpose...
Wrong motives and activities. If it is all about business, not people it needs to be cleaned. All people…broken, paralyzed, addicted, forgotten…down and out and up and out. Hurting, crying, dying humanity.
They brought him to where Jesus was. We need to bring people to church. And Jesus needs to be in the house, not just our program, our agenda, our politics, our issue of the day.
They didn’t run him off because he didn’t “fit” in…
Religious crowd keeps people out and runs people off.
Restricting His ability to forgive…
Questioning…everything…
They sought to kill him…religion wants to kill Jesus.
My house shall be called…
A House of Prayer…that makes it
A House of Praise
A house of Power
A house of Love and Kindness
A house of Unity
House of Miracles