Forgiveness of Sin

Jesus forgives sin

The most marvelous ingredient in the forgiveness of God is that he also forgets, the one thing a human being can never do. Forgetting with God is a divine attribute; God’s forgiveness forgets.

Oswald Chambers

The voice of sin may be loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.

Dwight L. Moody

2 Jesus’s ministry throughout Galilee has been momentarily curtailed (1:45), so he returns to Capernaum. The town receives him as one would expect—so many people gathered at the house where he is staying that it is filled with people, and no more can enter. Jesus preach

John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sin)

He could not enter a city, it says in the middle of the verse, because the man that He had healed from leprosy had been told not to say anything, but to be quiet and go all the way to Jerusalem and show himself to the priests and go through the necessary cleansing and sacrifice to reenter society from being an outcast as a leper. He didn’t do that, he went everywhere and just told everybody about the healing and that just stirred up the excitement of the crowds because leprosy was the worst of the worst

John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sin)

Jesus, when He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home and many were gathered together so that there was no longer room, not even near the door, and He was speaking the Word to them. And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men

Outlines from Mark and Acts 3. The Mission of Christ—Mark 2

Problem—vv. 3–4. A twofold problem.

1. Crippled—v. 3 He had to be carried to see Jesus.

2. Crowds—v. 4. They couldn’t get through—had to go through the roof.

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Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying

The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Two: What the Servant Offers You (Mark 2:1–3:12)

For one thing, they were deeply concerned about their friend and wanted to see him helped

John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sin)

And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven

Now you have three kinds of faith natural faith, human faith, and spiritual faith this man had spiritual faith

John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Jesus’ Authority to Forgive Sin)

Some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ‘Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ Immediately Jesus aware in His Spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, ‘Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? Which is easier to say to the paralytic, your sins are forgiven? Or to say, Get up and pick up your pallet and walk? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralytic, ‘I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.’ And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone so that they were all amazed and glorifying God saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this..

English Standard Version Chapter 2

6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them,

The Lexham Glossary of Literary Types (Controversial Miracle)

Controversial Miracle — (NT) A miracle Jesus performs where the surrounding circumstances offend the Jewish religious leaders.

esus paid it all All to him I owe Sin had left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow

And when before the throne I stand in him complete Jesus died my soul to save My lips shall still repeat

Jesus paid it all All to him I owe Sin had left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow