I share about how a specialized unit on the fire department and a story of Jesus healing a paralyzed man have a similar connection. In Mark 2:1-5, it talks about how 4 friends carried a paralyzed friend to Jesus to be healed. This story is also paralleled in Luke 5:17-20 and Matthew 9:1-8.
I share how a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) is trained to rescue a fellow firefighter in a time of need.
Other scripture references:
Genesis 4:9 - " Am I, my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 14:14- Abraham and his 318 trained servants go to rescue Lot
Proverbs 18:24- friend who sticks closer than a brother
1 Peter 3:8-9 - brother having compassion for one another
Proverbs 17:17- a brother born in adversity
Galatians 1:4 -God deliver us from this present evil
1 Corinthians 1:8-10 - deliver us from so great a death
Matthew 6:13 - Deliver us from the evil one
John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.
Definition of Rescue - to save, redeem or deliver.