WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE Mark 2:1-12 ...

B. DYNAMIC PREACHING. 2
“He preached the word to them”
“laleo” - a conversational tone, in simple down-to-earth, easy to understand language, He was feeding
them the Word of God.
Mark 12:37, “the common people heard Him gladly”
When Jesus preached, He:
1. Drew a Crowd
2. Drew people of Confidence
3. Drew a Cripple
4. Drew Criticism
“Word” (logon), used here of the message of salvation, the good news, the gospel
1 Corinthians 15:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold
fast that word which I preached to you — unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you
first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures”
II. FAITH WAS PERSISTENT. 3-4
What a passage on Determination!
So great was their love for the sick man and their faith in the power of Jesus to heal that they would not
take “No” for an answer. They were committed to going to any lengths to bring their problem to Jesus and
to ask Him to deal with it.
FAITH SAYS:
1. There are always many who will never reach Jesus unless someone takes them.
2. If there were more bringing believers, there would be more saved sinners.
3. They had faith to believe Jesus would meet his need.
4. They put feet to their prayers.
5. They did not permit the difficult circumstances to discourage them.
6. They worked together and dared to do something different.
Therefore, they dug up the compacted thatched roof and lowered the man through the exposed beams to
the floor below.
This is one of the greatest Bible stories on “Whatever It Takes”
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