Working Together: It Takes All of Us
Working Together: It Takes All of Us May 4, 2025
In Mark 2:3-12 a paralyzed man needed help to come to Jesus. Fortunately, he had friends willing to help. His friend picked up the mat on which he was lying and carried him to the house where Jesus was. Not just one or two men could have done the job. It took all four, each carrying his corner of the mat.
But wait! The story gets even more intriguing as we find that so many people were in the house that the men couldn’t get their stricken friend inside. They lifted their friend, mat and all, onto the roof, made a hole, and lowered him into the room where Jesus was (Mark 2:4).
Jesus was impressed with the men’s faith and said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you” (Mark 2:5). The man immediately arose, took up his mat as Jesus directed him, and went out from the presence of them all. Then they glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this before” (Mark 2:11-12).
Friend, do you know that there are many in any given community who will never find the truth or hear the words of Jesus about salvation without our help? If any one of those friends had dropped his corner of the mat, the paralyzed man couldn’t have reached Jesus.
As a Christian, have you dropped your corner? Or are you carrying it to the best of your ability to serve the Lord?
Every member is needed to shoulder the responsibility for helping the Lord’s work to progress. We need Bible School teachers. We need parents who set faithful examples for their children. We need men who dependably serve in leading prayers and songs. We need men who aspire to serve as elders and deacons.
Let us all carry our corner!
–Richard Dent (via Old Paths) adapted
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Working Together to Share the Gospel (Matthew 28:19-20)
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”