THE GOD KIND OF FAITH IN ACTION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT !

THE GOD KIND OF FAITH IN ACTION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: (Luke 5:18 through 25). "And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him [Jesus]. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in the cause of the multitude, they went up on the house top, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the mist before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. . . I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. And immediately he arose up before them, and took up that where on he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God." While Jesus was in a house teaching, some men brought their friend to Him to be healed. The man had PALSY and was bedfast. Which is a congenital disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture. It affects body movement and muscle conditions. The crowd was so large that these men could not get to Jesus. But rather than give up, they determined to find some way to get their friend to Him. They climbed onto the roof and through an opening in the tiling they lowered the bedfast man into the room before the Lord. By whose faith was this miracle brought about ?: The man on the cot, or the friends who brought him to the Lord ? The Scripture says, "and when he saw Their faith. . ." The word "their" is plural. It was the faith of all of them. It would have been easy for the man's friends, upon seeing the great crowd surrounding Jesus, to have shrugged their shoulders, given up, and go back home, saying, "Well, at least we tried. We did the best we could." But they didn't give up that easily. They found a way to get their friend to Jesus. The sick man demonstrated great faith, too, because how many invalids would allow themselves to be carried upon a rooftop ? Furthermore, when Jesus told him to rise and walk, he wasn't any better. He lay there just as helpless as ever. He could have said, "Rise and walk ? Why, did you see these men carry men here ? I can't possibly get up. You'll have to heal me first." But, no, when Jesus told him to rise, he began to act upon the God kind of faith and move, and when he did, healing was the result. If he had refused to act on the Word of the master, he would not have received healing. But because he acted, he received.