Power in Believing

Victor Paul Wierwille

This article "Power in Believing" was taken from the Heart Magazine, July 1978. POWER IN BELIEVING Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille HEART Magazine – July 1978, Volume 2, No. 4 – page 3 and 4 The great key to power lies in believing. The second chapter of Mark indicates the accuracy of the Word of God in tapping the resources for the more abundant life. Mark 2:1 and 2: 1 And again he [Jesus] entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 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. When the group was gathered together and Jesus Christ came to them, what did he do? He preached the Word unto them. He did not talk about “Time” or “Newsweek,” but he preached the Word. Why did he preach the Word? Because, as it says in Romans 10:17b, “…faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Mark 2:3 and 4: 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When you think of breaking something up, you think of breaking it into pieces. But in the houses in the Near East, as well as in India, to get to the roof they have a ladder set up in the house which leads out through an opening in the roof. It is simply uncovering an opening that had already been made. They did not break up the whole roof in order to let this man down inside so that Jesus could minister to him. The word “bed” in verse 4 should be the word “pallet.” A pallet is something like a quilt. It was not a big frame with an inner spring mattress. I have seen many of these pallets when I was teaching in India. The people would just unfold this quilt on the ground, lie down on it, and go to sleep. The palsied man was carried on such a quilt or pall