Four Men And A Man On A Mat

Four Men And A Man On A Mat

Mark 2:1–12 (ESV)

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Four Men And A Man On A Mat

''Desperate times call for desperate measures, pick up your mat!!''

In the story before us today, we find four men banning together to get a palsied man to Jesus. These men realized that it would be much easier for four men to carry the mat, than for one man to carry the mat. Jesus always sent his men out two by two; this was his divine plan, community and cooperation in getting sinners to salvation. Every sinner needs to be brought to Jesus, but not every Christian is willing to pick up their mat to get them to Jesus. The day that you became a Christian, God gave you a symbolical mat to get sinners to him; the question is simple will you pick up your mat and do all you can to get them to Jesus?

- The Men Were Unified In Their Desires

- The Men Were Undaunted In Their Duties

- The Men Were Undenied In Their Determination

- The Men Were Undeterred In Their Destination