Some very interesting things happen in Mark 2. This first story is one that has always interested me. They take a roof off of a house in order to get this man in. How cool is that? Like a sunroof for your car. I sometimes have wondered what the reaction of the home owner would be. I can't help but find that part of the story at least a little bit amusing. I can never get over the fact of Just how powerful Jesus is and was. He didn't even have to touch this man to heal him, he just told him to get up. It blows my mind that after seeing this that some people still didn't believe he was the Christ, i just don't understand it.
Jesus seems to have a habit of eating with people others thought he shouldnt have, especially tax collectiors. This was of course on purpose, I love the reply he gives when asked about it, "You don't give doctors to those who aren't sick (paraphrase)" I often time have believed that in the church today we tend to turn away people who are too sinful. Thats crazy! Imagine going to hospital and them telling you that they treat you because you are too sick? We wouldn't stand for that!
Chapter 2 ends with the pharisee's trying to again warp the law to convict Jesus. It doesn't work here either. They never seem to learn.
