Ashland St Baptist Church Podcast Notes Heroes Sunday Title: The Bible’s First Responder Text: Mark 2:1-3

Intro: Today we honor real-life heroes—and see how four friends became heroes of faith by getting a helpless man to Jesus.

I. The Hearers (Mark 2:1-2) "It was noised that he was in the house." Jesus looks for:

• An Open Heart
• An Open Hand
• An Open Home

II. The Helpless (Mark 2:3) The paralyzed man:

• Couldn’t get to Jesus
• Couldn’t help himself
• Only Jesus could save him

Romans 5:6-10 – Christ died for us when we were helpless.

III. The Helpers (Mark 2:3) Four friends = Four qualities: