1. THE CHRISTIAN & SOCIAL
CONCERNS
DOING THE NECESSARY:
Mark 2.1-5

2. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
Mark 2
1 And when he returned to Caper'na-um after some days, it was
reported that he was at home.
on foot
 Jesus travelled
 Jesus walked to all the places He ministered in

3. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
 Total Miles Jesus walked during His 3-year public ministry is:
3,125! (5,029 km)
 Grand total of miles Jesus walked in His 33 years on earth
while traveling on trips:
• 400 miles: Jesus walked from Egypt to Nazareth.
• 18,000 miles: Jesus walked from Nazareth to Jerusalem And
return by age 30.
• 3,125 miles: Jesus walked during His 3-year public Ministry.
 Grand Total Miles Jesus walked on trips:
21,525 Miles (34,640 km )
Source: Arthur Blessitt
http://blessitt.com/Inspiration_Witness/MilesJesusandMaryWalked/MilesJesusa
ndMaryWalked_Page1.html

4. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
 An average of 20 miles (32 km) a day on all His
journeys would mean that Jesus spent at least 1,076
days and nights on the road in his life! This is a total
of Two Years, 346 days on the road in his life! All
these miles He walked by the age of 33.
 The distance around the world at the equator is
24,901.55 miles (40074 km).
 This means the Jesus walked almost the distance
around the world!
Source: Arthur Blessitt
http://blessitt.com/Inspiration_Witness/MilesJesusandMaryWalked/MilesJesusa
ndMaryWalked_Page1.html

5. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
 Jesus travelled on foot
 Jesus walked to all the places He ministered in
 JESUS DID THE NECESSARY

6. CHRIST WAS IN GREAT
DEMAND
Mark 2
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer
room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching
the word to them.
 People needed Jesus
 Jesus walked to people
 Jesus saw people
 Jesus preached to people
 JESUS DID THE NECESSARY

7. EMPAT SEKAWAN
Mark 2
3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four
men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the
crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had
made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic
lay.
 They had a serious case
 They came (theywent) to the right place and the
right person
 They encountered a logistics problem
 They were desperate
 They worked and found a practical solution
 THEY DID THE NECESSARY

8. REPEATED RESOLUTIONS
 There are countless problems countless human
beings are facing over countless generations and
countless days
 Countless good-hearted people in countless
families and countless churches have been touched
to the core of their inner beings by the countless
plights of countless people
 Countless good-hearted people made countless
decisions countless times to do countless things to
help these countless people in need

9. LIMITED RESOLVE
While
 Countless good-hearted people made countless
decisions countless times to do countless things to
help these countless people in need.
In fact though
 Very limited number of those who made decisions
all those number of times to do something,
actually did!

10. DOING THE NECESSARY
Unless
we carry through the right decisions we made in
response to the many who are in desperate need,
little help will arrive on the scene of human need to
alleviate human suffering,
despite
all our considerable goodwill and good intentions.

11. WHAT IS NECESSARY
Financial resources in
 regular, steady, longer-term supply.
Human resources in
 various skills, roles and numbers.
Initiatives and innovations from
 people who combine faith in Christ and faithfulness
to Christ with compassion for those in need and an
enduring resolve to
DO THE NECESSARY!

12. WHAT IS NECESSARY
Stories of
 the young man who makes movies
 the three ladies of Jenjarom New Village
 the innovative Indonesian who found a way to
deliver water to mountain villagers

13. CHRIST’S RESPONSE
Mark 2
5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My
son, your sins are forgiven.”
 Jesus sees and receives all the necessary doings
 Jesus does the necessary
Forgiving the sins of the man brought to HIM.

14. OUR RESPONSE
WHISPERING HOPE
Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word:
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.
Whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.

15. OUR RESPONSE
 How will we in WHISPERING HOPE respond?
 What HOPE will we bring to the hopeless?
 What must we put in place to be able to
DO THE NECESSARY?