The Faith of Friends

The faith of the people you surround yourself with matters. In this weeks’ Behind the Scenes, look with us at new art from an upcoming iBIBLE episode highlighting Christ’s healing of a paralyzed man.

At the beginning of Jesus’s earthly ministry, He performed many recorded miracles and taught throughout Galilee. While teaching in a house in Capernaum, five faithful friends came to Jesus:

And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 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 bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” —Mark 2:3–5
house
Houses during the time of Christ had stairs or a ladder going up to the roof. Because the room below was full of people listening to Christ’s message, the paralytic’s friends carried him to the roof and cut through it. They would have cut through both the keramos (earthen tile) of the roof and the branches and sticks underneath that supported the plaster roof.

grayscale

When Jesus perceived the scribes and pharisees questioning His forgiveness of the paralyzed man’s sins, He responded:

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. —Luke 5:23–25

Everyone in the room was amazed, and glorified God!

color art

We are so grateful for your support through prayer and financial gifts as we seek to bring God’s Word to the whole world. Each day, iBIBLE, the first ever visual and interactive presentation of the Biblical narrative, is being written, produced, completed, translated, and shared. Thank you for your partnership as we continue this journey together.

Producer kit

Join Now

Become part of history with a monthly donation of $35 a month or more and receive free rewards and an insider first look at the most significant Bible distribution project of our generation.

As a monthly donor, you will receive:

  • An iBIBLE T-shirt in your requested size
  • The iBIBLE Storybooks: Volumes 1 and 2
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress Storybook
  • Three copies of The Real Story of Jesus storybook
  • A pack of 100 iBIBLE QR Code stickers so you can share iBIBLE in your own community
  • Two copies of The Pilgrim’s Progress on DVD (with Blu-ray option)

  • Become an iBIBLE PRODUCER
    Donate $35 a month or more

YOUR REWARDS FOR PARTNERING WITH US TODAY:

Please select your DVD/Blu-ray choices and the size for your iBIBLE T-shirt below:

Note: Shirts run slightly small

Along with The Pilgrim’s Progress DVD and iBIBLE T-shirt, you will also receive SIX illustrated storybooks: iBIBLE Storybook, Volumes 1 and 2, and The Pilgrim’s Progress Storybook, and three copies of The Real Story of Jesus. PLUS 100 QR Code iBIBLE Stickers.