Evidence

Author: Pastor Thomas G. Wilson
May 06, 2020
Mark 2:1-5 KJV ¹ And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. ² And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. ³ And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. ⁴ And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. ⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
 
No matter what challenge we face in this life it is commonly understood that the resolution of all things is available when we get before Jesus.  Jesus attention was immediately drawn to the relentless efforts to get before Him.  In this passage it states “Jesus SAW their faith”.  While faith is incubated and lives in the heart…it is demonstrated through determined, unflinching responses to the temptations and trials of life.  Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “…the evidence of things unseen.”  Evidence is something that furnishes proof or an outward sign.  Faith always verifies an unknown quality, it gives testimony of a truth, and it establishes a reality or fact.  Faith is evidence of, verifies the quality of and establishes as a reality the level of trust in God resident in your heart.   When a relentless determination, which is resolutely unflinching, responding in unconventional ways and is not the least bit intimidated or embarrassed by the gaze of the multitudes but boldly, decisively and with singleness of mind gets before Jesus…it arrests His attention and He speaks.   Game…set…match!
 
 
For further reading:  James 2:14-26 TPT ¹⁴ My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone? ¹⁵ For example, if a brother or sister in the faith is poorly clothed and hungry ¹⁶ and you leave them saying, "Good-bye. I hope you stay warm and have plenty to eat," but you don't provide them with a coat or even a cup of soup, what good is your faith?
¹⁷ So then faith that doesn't involve action is phony. ¹⁸ But someone might object and say, "One person has faith and another person has works." Go ahead then and prove to me that you have faith without works and I will show you faith by my works as proof that I believe.
¹⁹ You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that's wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they're unchanged-they remain demons. ²⁰ O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony? ²¹ Wasn't our ancestor Abraham found righteous before God because of his works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? ²² Can't you see how his action cooperated with his faith and by his action faith found its full expression? ²³ So in this way the Scripture was fulfilled: Because Abraham believed God, his faith was exchanged for God's righteousness. So he became known as the lover of God! ²⁴ So now it's clear that a person is seen as righteous in God's eyes not merely by faith alone, but by his works. ²⁵ And the same is true of the prostitute named Rahab who was found righteous in God's eyes by her works, for she received the spies into her home and helped them escape from the city by another route. ²⁶ For just as a human body without the spirit is a dead corpse, so faith without the expression of good works is dead! 
 

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