Mark 2:3-5 “And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the sick of the palsy, 'Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.'”
It amazes me just how varied any sense of urgency can be amongst a group of people. We each have our own set of problems to deal with, many of which are similar, or maybe even exactly the same, as those of our fellow humanoids. So, what is the difference?
The answer can be found in today's passage. “When Jesus saw their faith.” Faith, that evidence of Hope that is “dead without works,” (James 2:20), prompted these folks that were carrying the sick of the palsy to Jesus to be healed, to go up on the roof of the room He was in, tear off a section of the roof, lift their sick friend up onto the roof, then lower him into the presence of our Lord. All this they did because of their faith that Jesus could, and would, heal him.
If they had not done so, their faith would be dead and their friend still suffering from the palsy that crippled him.
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