Jesus words to the man surprised the pharisees and teachers of the law.
Friends lower boy thru roof to jesus.
The four men carried their friend up to the roof and made an opening in the roof.
Jesus healed man that was lowered through the roof.
Boy those were some friends.
Then they lowered the man down through the roof to where jesus was.
This is a get your hands dirty digging through the roof kind of faith.
Jesus the crowd the paralytic man and the religious leaders key location.
Their love concern effort and faith all cry out to jesus for help so jesus helps the man.
Treasury of scripture and when they could not come near to him for the press they uncovered the roof where he was.
Prices taxes and tempers can all go through the roof in mark 2 we see a man go through the roof.
Because the friends could not get through the crowd they carried their friend to the roof and lowered him down to jesus.
And when they got up there they started digging right through the roof.
The men believed jesus came from god and he could heal people.
House in capernaum key repetitions.
So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus.
Rather than saying get up and walk jesus said.
You and i have friends who need to come to jesus.
Here s what they did.
Jesus heals the man telling him to rise and take up his bed.
This time however jesus sees the faith of the men lowering their paralyzed friend.
They found the stairs up to the roof.
So their faith led to action.
Paralytic man lowered through roof matthew 9 1 8.
And when they had broken it up they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
House was full mk 2 2.
Luke 5 17 26 structure key persons.
When the hole was big enough the friends lowered the mat right down to where jesus was standing.
The man is literally let down through the roof under the careful control of his concerned friends and into a situation controlled by the lord jesus christ.
It can be used for several different lessons and it can used for any group discussion activity.
So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of jesus.
20 when jesus saw their faith he said friend your sins are forgiven.
However the direction is not up and the situation is not out of control.
When jesus saw how much faith these four men had he not only healed the paralyzed man he even forgave him of all his sins.