“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." (Mark 2:2)
Jesus was in a house in Capernaum. We do not know the size of the house, nor how many rooms, whether one, two or more, or the size of the rooms. We do know that there was a large crowd, so many they could not all get in where Jesus was. I remember going to church and folks who could not get inside standing on the outside around the open windows and doors to hear men of God preaching the Word of God.
Our text says that Jesus preached the Word to them. I would love to have heard the Master Preacher of all preachers as He preached the Word. He could preach to a crowd, as here, or out on the hillside as He preached the Sermon on the Mount to that multitude. Or He could preach to one man named Nicodemus one night, or a Samaritan woman by herself at Jacob’s well.
If you do not like to hear men of God preach the Word of God you would not have liked Jesus. The Bible says, “…it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” (I Corinthians 1:21)
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