Jesus In The House

Mark 2:1-12 (NKJV) 
¹  And again He entered Capernaum after somedays, and it was heard that He was in the house.
²  Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them,not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
³  Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
⁴  And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
⁵  When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
⁶  And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
⁷  "Why does this Manspeak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
⁸  But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
⁹  Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Yoursins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'?
¹⁰  But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--He said to the paralytic,
¹¹  I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
¹²  Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anythinglike this!" 

O how exciting it gets when Jesus is in the house. He showed up and people gathered. Why? He taught powerfully. People hung on each word. The crowd so crammed the house not another person could get inside. The Spirit of Jesus still shows up in houses of worship. He still transforms lives. It is  what I live to see. 

Four friends went the extra mile to bring their paralyzed companion to Jesus. Only when they arrived they could not get to Jesus. Undeterred they hauled their friend up on the roof and then broke through to lower their friend before Jesus. Two miracles took place. First, the man's sins were forgiven. That is the greater of the two miracles. Second, Jesus healed Him so the paralyzed man walked. 

The whole scene amazed those watching. They had never seen anything like that. I leave you with these two questions. Who brought you to Jesus? Who prayed for you? Who shared the gospel with you? Who brought you to worship? I count several people. I thank God for a great uncle and a great aunt. They loved me. They prayed for me. They pointed me to Jesus. I thank God for Brother Charles Roberts and his wife Doris. They prayed me to Jesus. I thank God for my wife who started praying for her future husband starting in the eigth grade. Then a local youth minister from North Carolina called to east Texas approached me one crisp October night to share the gospel of Jesus with me. Jesus did the rest. He saved me. He transformed me. 

The next question I want to ask is, who are you bringing to Jesus? Are you as resolved as the paralyzed man's friends to get someone to Jesus? Are you determined to keep putting forth the effort to get people to Jesus. Will you be easily deterred when you invite people to come to Jesus and they reject the invitation time and time again? Will you give up too quickly on people who are one heartbeat away from  eternity in hell? Jesus is in the house. He works mightily. He still attracts people and does wonders.