Mark 2:1-12

Mark 2:1

Note here:

I. The helplessness of some men. All helplessness traceable to sin.

II. The social usefulness of some other men. We can all carry sufferers to Christ, even when we cannot heal them ourselves. To point a sinner to Christ is a good work; to carry a little child to the Saviour is to execute a most blessed mission.

III. The possibilities of earnestness. These men uncovered the roof in their determination to approach the Healer.

IV. The vigilance of Jesus Christ over human action. He knew the meaning of the extraordinary movement that was taking place, and the reward which He gave to the earnest men was great.

V. The censorious spirits of technical observers.

Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 45.

References: Mark 2:1. J. S. Exell, Christian World Pulpit,vol. ix., p. 229. Mark 2:3; Mark 2:4. Homiletic Quarterly,vol. iv., p. 542.Mark 2:3; Mark 2:12. Ibid.,vol. vi., p. 9. Mark 2:4. Spurgeon, Morning by Morning,p. 251; Parker, Christian Commonwealth,vol. vii., p. 407. Mark 2:5. W. F. Hook, Sermons on the Miracles,vol. i., p. 104; Homiletic Quarterly,vol. ii., p. 409.