The man who paid the price - for some one's deliverance

On the 20th day evening, Eby Achan spoke about a specific person who paid the price for the deliverance of someone.
Mark 2:4-5
When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven to you.

To understand this portion we need to check the background.
- Jesus came to Capernaum from a place called country of the Gergesenes(Mathew8:28).
- This land Gergesenes is given to Ruben,Gad and half tribe of Manasseh(Read Numbers 32). They didn't want any portion in the promised land, instead they themselves choose this land to grow cattle. Later people started growing pigs
- Jesus healed the demon possessed man who came on the shore to welcome him. No one else came there to greet him.In that way Jesus healed that land and the curse on that land.
- But when the people of that land knew that the demons killed their pigs, they became agitated and asked Jesus to leave their place.
- Jesus went back on the same boat and came to Capernaum
- People of Gergesenes rejected Jesus for pigs. They gave importance to their income than God.

Jesus came back to Capernaum. There a man opened his house for Jesus(Mark 2:1-2). Jesus sitting inside the house preaching and healing people. The crowd was so much that there was no room even at the door.

When one place rejected Jesus because they give importance to income, here is one man who opened his own home for Jesus and all the crowd

Then came four people carrying a parlytic person. Since there is no room to come near Jesus, they removed a portion of roof of that house and brought down the cot with that sick man. Jesus healed that man seeing their faith.
- Before removing the roof, the people who carried the sick naturally asked the house owner
- There is every possibility that the house owner himself suggested this way of removing the roof
- He considered the deliverance of a sick man mosre importnat than his material possession, his house
- He very clearly knows that his house will be damaged by doing this
- But here is a man who paid the price for the deliverance of some one else.

These days God is looking for people like this house owner, who is ready to pay the price for the deliverance of this nation, this state, this society, his family and friends.

Will Of God

On the 20th day of fasting prayer,we had Eby Achan(Kokkad,Punalur, Kerala) as a guest speaker.In the morning session, he spoke about Will of God, specifically what is expected out of a person who follows will of God.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.(Ephesians 1:1)

John 1:35-42
.......And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, He said, You are Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which translated is, A stone).

Here Jesus is prophecising to Simon Peter, seeing him for the first time.

Luke 5:1-3And it happened that the crowd pressed on Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret. And He saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat.

1. Person who do the will of God will not follow blessings, but will follow the One who gives you blessing

-Jesus told simon that you will become Cephas. But he went back to his routine, fishing. Here Jesus is telling simon that one day will come when your identity will be changed
-Eventhough Simon went back to his work, in His time Jesus went to him.
Peter and friends tried the whole night in lake of Gennesaret. Even though they were good in their job, they didn't get anything that night. When they came back totally depressed,Jesus is waiting for them in the shore. Peter didn't have any hesitation in giving his boat to Jesus to preach.
-You will win in same situations where you failed
They tried all night, but they failed. But when they obeyed Jesus, the same lake gave them plenty.
-You need to tell bye-bye to many things, sometimes including blessings
Peter got boat full of fish when he did as Jesus commanded. That was a blessing to him. But when Jesus called him, he didn't look back. He left everything, his net, boat and his latest catch. Nothing hold him back including blessings. When you follow His will, you need to change your priorities
In Old Testament we see Abraham rejected the offers made by King of Sodom(Gen 14:21-23)

2. Person who do the will of God will ask "What shall I do Lord"
Acts 22:8-10
..And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise and go into Damascus. And there it shall be told you all things which are appointed for you to do.


This is experience of Paul(Saul). Lord visited saul. The first question Paul asked was this. He didn't ask nay personal blessings. He wish to know " I am ready Lord. What shall I do?"