AND THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS THERE TO HEAL THEM

One of my favorite stories is of the day Jesus was teaching in the house and it was so full no one else could enter and the friends of a man struck with palsy made a hole in the roof and lowered him down to Jesus and he was healed. Some times we fail to notice the verse that introduces us to the story. Jesus was not teaching to a regular crowd. He was teaching the religious leaders and doctors of the law from every town in Galilee , Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was there to heal them. How sad.......none of the religious crowd got healed although healing was available to them. They were more concerned with Jesus messing with their living. As long as God stayed in heaven and the people had to go through the priests to reach Him they were ok but to have God on the earth available to men messed with their offerings and influence......yet Jesus would have healed them.. The anointing to heal was there that day. Jealousy and envey stopped the gift from moving on them but a believer from outside was lifted down to receive what the religious crowd refused.