Hitting the Mark With Jesus: The Kind of Friend Everyone Needs

 

 

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS

July 6, 2025

THE KIND OF FRIEND EVERYONE NEEDS

Mark 2:1-12

 

INTRODUCTION:

TEXT:

Mark 2:1-12 (NIV) A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.² They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.³ Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.⁴ Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

⁶ Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,⁷ “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

⁸ Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?⁹ Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?¹⁰ But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,¹¹ “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”¹² He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Highlight:

Mark 1

 

Mark 1:32

 

Mark 1:38-39

 

 

 

Capernaum valued the more than the or the .

 

 

Luke 10:13-15 (NIV) ¹³ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.¹⁴ But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.

 

 

 

Luke 12:48 (NIV) But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

 

 

 

Mark 1:29.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THREE ATTRIBUTES OF A FRIEND: 

 

1.   FOR A FRIEND

 

Mark 2:2 (NIV) says, They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.

 

 

 

 

John 6:53 (NIV)Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being in a around Jesus is not the same as being a of Jesus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gospel to let you feel about you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Keys to bringing friends to Jesus today:

 

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2. IN A SAVIOR

 

Mark 2:5a (NIV)When Jesus saw their faith…

 

 

Real faith isn’t invisible.

 

 

Faith itself is invisible, but invisible faith has visible evidence.

 

 

Real faith cannot hide.

 

 

 

James 2:14 (NIV)What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds/actions? Can such faith save them?

 

 

 

Matthew 7:16 (NKJV)You will know them by their fruits.

 

 

 

Faith will have .

 

 

 

 

What actions of faith do we see in this story:

 

·        Real faith is .

 

 

·        Real faith is .

 

 

·        Real faith is .

 

 

 

Do not think for a moment that you can follow Jesus, and it will .

 

 

 

 

 

3. FOR A SINNER

 

Mark 2:5 (NIV)When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:6-7 (NIV) Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,⁷ “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:8 (NIV)Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 2:9-12 (NIV)⁹ Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?¹⁰ But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man,¹¹ “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”¹² He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

 

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

 

Does your faith have ?  Are you bearing any ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVITTATION:

 

PRAYER:

 

ALTAR:

 

WORSHIP:

 

 

 

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