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34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Giving
17 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at Him.
You point to Christ
You point to Christ
1 So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. 2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.” 3 And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!” 4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 7 And he arose and departed to his house. 8 Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
1. To whom is the Glory Due?
1. To whom is the Glory Due?
I hope everyone says God.
if that is the case, why do we always talk about what it means to us to be blessed and what for us to be blessed instead of first what we are blessed for.
There are three parts to this text:
There are three parts to this text:
1.The faith of the friends.
1.The faith of the friends.
2. The miracle of the paralytic.
2. The miracle of the paralytic.
3.The confrontation with the scribes (which if you are not the paralytic or the friends of the paralytic.
3.The confrontation with the scribes (which if you are not the paralytic or the friends of the paralytic.
Now I have to tell you since I am who I am I identify with the man at the center of this controversy. this will become evident as we get further in this text, however, the point of this text is that Jesus has the power to forgive sin.
2. Having the right friends is important. (It may lead to your healing!)
2. Having the right friends is important. (It may lead to your healing!)
1 So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. 2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
I don’t know anything about the man, I know condition and I know who his friends are.
and who his friends are.
I know the faith of His friends make the difference.
Let’s talk about what faith is.
faith is not super positive thinking. I flack earlier this month because i made this point.
1A1 the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ. 1B relating to Christ. 1B1 a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God. 1C the religious beliefs of Christians. 1D belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same. 2 fidelity, faithfulness. 2A the character of one who can be relied on.
James Strong, Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (Woodside Bible Fellowship, 1995).
2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
when Jesus saw their faith.....
what do your friends do. ( what kind of friend are you?)
14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
Jesus had already announced the Kingdom,
any scholarly Hebrew would have known that if the kingdom is here then of course sin is forgiven.
its important to understand that there will be times that Jesus will commanded the healed not to say anything but he wasn’t hiding His identity.
8 He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken. 9 And it will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
how do we build true faith ? by reading the word of God, not just to understand content, but to know the God of the word. !
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
these friends knew deep in their hearts that if Jesus was who he claimed to be, all they had to do was get their friend to Jesus!
what kind if friend are you?
and what kind of friends do you have?
3. Let’s go back to the first question. To whom is the Glory due?
3. Let’s go back to the first question. To whom is the Glory due?
4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? 6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 7 And he arose and departed to his house.
these teachers of the law where saying in their hearts this man is claiming that he is equal with God and they are right because he is.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
30 I and My Father are one.”
The scribes did not know this (partly because they did not want to see).
but the scripture is clear blasphemy is sin and the penalty for it is death.
Leviticus 24:10-23.
1 Kings 21:9-14.
however, they cannot deny the reality of the mans healing, so they cannot deny his ability to forgive sins.
8 Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore, but only Jesus with themselves.
I will give glory to God and not man when my healing comes.
do you realize that as you walk away from sin healing comes to life! Do you know that it is all God and he deserves the glory.