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Title: I want a make a difference
Text: Luke 5:17-26
*Introduction*: In 2008 Olympics, we have seen some incredible feats of athleticism and a breakthrough moment for swimmer Micheal Phelps who won 8 gold medals.
The world was stunned when he won his 7th by a fraction of a second.
And we were all amazed when he one the 8th beating the long time record of Mark Spitz.
But what impressed me was how he won it.
Yes, Michael Phelps is the greatest swimmer ever!
But for the 8th gold medal, he did not achieve it on his own effort.
He won it with 3 other teammates who also swam at world record paces that aided Phelps to win his 8th.
Michael Phelps couldn’t do it alone he needed help by some dedicated friends.
My beloved, you may not be an Olympic athlete competing for a gold medal or have some one close to you that will make world history and you helped them.
But you can help somebody who needs to experience a type of glory the Olympic gold metal can’t give.
By getting someone to Jesus, they can get the breakthrough that they need!
RQ*: What are you will to do to help somebody get a breakthrough*?
*I.
Faith based Objective *
In order to help somebody to get a breakthrough, you have to have a /faith based objective/.
The text says there were some men who brought a paralyzed on his bed.
They sought to bring him where Jesus was and laid him before him.
Jesus was in the house.
They had an objective; /if we can get him to Jesus and put him as his feet, Jesus can heal him/.
They sought a way to get this done.
/Sought/ in the original language means /to seek in order to find by thinking, meditating, reasoning to enquire into./
They had a well thought out plan to get some help for someone they care about.
These men knew what Jesus was all about.
Let us pause right here to identify who these men where carrying.
This man was paralyzed.
He could not move.
His nervous system was not functioning.
He had no feeling or muscle control.
It cause by damage to the spinal cord (center of your nervous system).
It was said to be incurable.
You not might know anybody who is physically paralyzed but you do know somebody who is spiritually paralyzed.
They can’t feel or touch because their spirit was damage and nobody had a cure.
But I stop by to tell you that there is a cure for those who have become spiritually paralyzed.
These men knew the cure.
The text in verse 17 says that /the power to heal was present/.
Jesus could make him feel and spiritually move again!
But don’t worry if you can’t do it physically, you can do it by the power of faith!
*II.
/Overcome obstacles with Persistent faith /*
To help somebody get a breakthrough will not come easy.
/How many of you know it is difficult enough for you yourself to get in the presence of God for a breakthrough let alone get others in His presence/.
You are going to need /persistent faith/.
Look at verse 19a.
“/And they could not find how they might bring him in…because of the crowd/.
These men could not get the one who really needed help to Jesus because of the crowd.
Look who was in this crowd Pharisees and teachers of the law.
They were the religious and professional folk who questioned who Jesus really was and not because of relationship.
It is the crowd that hinders any entrance to get the help they need.
There are people in your life who are an obstacle for you to get someone to Jesus that really needs him.
The Pharisees by nature were obstacles.
The word “Pharisee” means to divide or to separate.
There will always be people in a crowd that there goal is to /divide and separate/ you from getting to Jesus.
But because of this crowd these men could not get their paralytic friend to Jesus.
However, they were determined to meet their objective and had to be /persistent/.
Where there is a /will/ there is a way.
These men did not have to fight to get in.
They did not argue with bouncer.
They did have to pay anybody.
They got creative with their faith to get their friend into the presence of God which is our next point.
*III.
Be Original by Creative faith*
In order to help somebody get a break through, you have creative faith and come up with some original methods.
They did something probably was unheard of to get to Jesus.
Look at the text in 19b.
Since they could not get in, they had an idea.
They would go up on the roof of the house and remove the tile and lower the man right in front of Jesus.
There are going to be times that you can’t use a normal approach to get someone to Jesus due certain circumstances.
You got to be creative and come up with an original idea to get that need met.
So these men demonstrated teamwork and ingenuity to get the job done.
They had to work together for a common goal.
But our problem is nobody wants to work together.
We want to select who we work with and who we are going to help.
When we act like this we make it about us and not about Jesus.
But it is never about you.
It is about bring others into the presence of God to get blessed.
These men teach us that there is more than one way to skin cat.
Sometimes you have to maneuver through some stuff.
We live in an age that is not going to get to Jesus by the old methods.
We have to be creative.
The message doesn’t change.
*But our methods have to be original.*
This starts with creative faith.
Faith sees ways that are not normally seen in the natural.
Faith sees the impossible becoming possible.
These men saw a way and moved into action believing it was going to work.
If what we do for other is focused on or around Jesus, it will work because Jesus is there!
*IV.
/Offer Sacrificial faith; it costs!/*
In order to help somebody get a breakthrough, it is going to cost you something.
Do you have sacrificial faith?
These men went on the roof and broke through the ceiling to get their friend to Jesus.
They had to make the opening.
A typical roof of that time was constructed of timber laid parallel to each other about 2-3 ft apart.
Sticks were laid crosswise over them and upon them they would put reeds and thistles.
Then they would overlay it with dirt packed down to make it water resistant (2ft thick).
In the spring grass grew/.
/Not only did it take some work and be creative to get their friend to Jesus but they got dirty.
/How many of you are willing to get dirty sacrificing your comfort and ease for somebody to get to Jesus for a breakthrough/?
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