Faith that will set you free

Application: Regardless of the circumstances. Jesus will set you free. Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the Word of God.

Romans 10:17 NKJV

17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Stand in reading of the respect of Gods Word.

Mark 2:1–5 NKJV

1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

Note:

Jesus asked the Leper not to go tell but go straight to the temple. He told and many began searching for Jesus. He could provide healing that they desperately needed.

Mark 1:45 NKJV

45 However, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to Him from every direction.

- came from everywhere seeking him

He came home and at the house ( possibilities of the home was Peter and Andrews)

The house was full. No one could get in. A jewish house would have been 2-4 rooms and a courtyard with access to the roof.

Mark 2:2 NKJV

2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.

Mark 2:

Jesus was not putting on a show, but He wAs preaching the Word to them.

What was he preaching… Maybe

Isaiah 61:1 NKJV

1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:1–3 NKJV

1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

He was most assuredly preaching that God loves them, He created them, Sin had to be covered, They were sinners, they needed redeemed, and The Lamb of God was at hand.

Is 61:1-

1. Faith requires coming to the realization that Jesus is your only means to Freedom.

John 8:36 NKJV

36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

Deuteronomy 6:9 NKJV

9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 NKJV

4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6:10 NKJV

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,

Deuteronomy 6:11 NKJV

11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—

Deut

Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

2. Faith produces a personal Journey where you convince other people to follow Him.

Mark 2:3 NKJV

3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.

( they came to him, 4 men was with them who carried him, the paralytic)

Healing is a gracious move of God b/c its delaying death that absolutely will occur.

Romans 5:12 NKJV

12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

3. Faith does not stop when you face an obstacle.

Mark 2:4 NKJV

4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

Brother Bob Praytor mentioned years ago that Faith that Fizzles before the Finish was Faulty from the First

4. Faith in Christ sets you free from the consequences of sin.

Mark 2:5 NKJV

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

Healing is = to God’s Forgiveness

2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV

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.

Psalm 103:3 NKJV

3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,

Psalm 147:3 NKJV

3 He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.