Paralysis Paralysed

 

“Everywhere he went 

He was doing good,”

So says the wonderful chorus

And sing it we should.

But can you imagine

That his good caused problems?

That there were people

For whom good was a burden?

And what is even more

These people were religious,

They were church people

But to Jesus they were vicious.

To them he was a wine bibber

And a blasphemer

So that everywhere he went 

They created a stir.

On this particular occasion

It was some of the Scribes,

When it came to Jesus

They pushed negative vibes.

The crowd was huge

And they all wanted to be near,

They wanted to see

And they wanted to hear.

They all had needs

That they wanted satisfied,

If they could get close to Jesus 

They would not be denied.

Well such was the case

With a sick man and his friends,

He was afflicted with paralysis

But was healed in the end.

On the day in question

He was borne on a bed

But unable to get to the door

His friends climbed to the roof instead.

  

After dismantling the roof

They let him down,

I could just imagine the surprise

For all those around.

This was tremendous faith

Baffling those within

But rather than heal the man

Jesus forgave him his sins.

In their minds

The scribes were hopping mad

But Jesus perceived their thoughts,

Indeed he had.

“Why reason ye

These things in your hearts?”

This was his question to them

They must have had a start.

They said not a word

Yet he read their thoughts,

His question was not answered

But no answer he sought.

He continued his mission

Before they could respond

And with a precise directive

The man’s paralysis was gone.

It was as easy for him to heal

As it was to forgive sins

Though this annoyed the Scribes

From very deep within.

The Son of man has such power

He declared right there

And commanded the paralytic

To take up he bed and go his way.

Not only were his sins forgiven

But his paralysis was paralysed,

That Jesus could do such

Should not have been a surprise.

Those four friends went way

With a wonderful testimony

Of how Jesus can forgive sins

And can heal any malady.

That paralytic immediately arose

And taking up his bed,

Went forth before them all

As a result of what Jesus had said.

The people were amazed

No doubt the Scribes as well

“We never saw it on this fashion,”

That’s what they did tell.

You’ll find this event

In St. Mark’s Gospel chapter two,

It’s also recorded in Matthew and Luke

But this account is St. Mark’s view.

Stewart Russell © 2018