Seeing Their Faith
There are some stories in the Bible that are very intriguing to me. They make me think. They don't answer all of the questions I have, but they cause me to ask more questions. I believe the Lord does this to make me think more deeply and to see things that I would never see any other way. I hope all of us have had this experience because God doesn't want us to have shallow faith. He wants us to have solid, strong faith in Him. The story of the four men who bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus is one of those stories for me. Four men had faith that Jesus could heal their friend. They had so much faith that they broke open a hole in a roof to lower their friend down to Jesus when they couldn't get into the crowded house. (Mark 2:5) "Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "My child, your sins are forgiven." Then Jesus went on to heal their friend, also. What does that tell us about faith? Let's see if we can learn from this story. Jesus was t...