Jesus in the House 1
Mark 2 Session 1
It was noised that Jesus was in the house Mark 2:1 kjv. 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, by reading later in the chapter that there were some people who just wanted to catch him out or trip him up and say “I told you he was a fraud”.cut1 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 your house? 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.
This got me thinking about the owner of the house what kind of a man was he that:-
- Opens his house to Jesus
- Allows loads of people that he does not know into his space
- Just stands back and lets them dismantle his house
This owner appeared to be very gracious and I would like to suggest that this has something to do with the fact that this man had embraced Jesus as the Son of God and was committed to allowing him to proclaim the truth. We will only allow the truth to be delivered from our own home if we believe that what is being said is the truth. This man would not have allowed Jesus to be speaking in his house if he had not embraced the truth of what Jesus was saying. Remember that we read in Mark 1:14 that Jesus carried on the same message that John had started, a message of 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.
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