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The Scene: A certain day, pharisees, teachers of the law observing Jesus teach.
Many there to learn
many there to be healed and delivered
Some were there to mock, or criticise
The crowd was large, it must have seemed impossible to get to Jesus.
Now, this crippled man, having come all this way, could not make it to Jesus
Sometimes the hardest part of our journey is when we are almost there
you may be one more step from your breakthrough; if you don’t quit
It may have seemed like a waste of time
Some people might have thought of turning back
so many Christians do turn back when the mountain is in the way
An Act of Faith!
Faith brings action: Believing enough to act like you believe
Faith is synonomous with believe.
Truly believing leads to action
Consider the heroes of faith from ; who by faith did...
James said faith without action (works) is dead being alone
This man had friends who had faith
They believed that God had brought them there to see their friend be healed
No crowd of people was going to snuff out their faith
are you letting the crowd kill your faith?
These men had faith in Jesus, they had to get to Him.
Imagine their faith.... climbing up on top of the house and cutting a whole in the roof
letting the man down with ropes?
Most people would be afraid of an adverse consequence
but their faith was in Jesus; They knew all they had to do was get to Him
When He saw “Their” Faith
Notice the wording here
So often Jesus mentions “faith” as a cause in bringing healing and deliverance
The bible mentions this often
In this case, it was not the faith of the sick man that brought the results
When Jesus saw the faith of his friends…
Thank God for the faith of praying grandmothers, and mothers, and others
Jesus sees their faith
We don’t know if the sick man had any faith at all:
He may not have even been a believer
Maybe he was too tired to exercise his faith; worn down, in despair, hoplessness
Maybe it had been so long he gave up
Maybe he thought himself unworthy - perhaps filled with guilt over past sins, failures and disappointments
we don’t know.
But we do know that he was sinful man
What kind of people does Jesus Help
Here we see this man receive healing, through no merit of his own
Jesus mentioned the faith of his friends
But there is nothing in this man that contributed to his healing.
His own faith was not mentioned
he could not get himself there, had to be carried
he didn’t have any special righteousness, in fact, his sin is mentioned
Don’t lose faith for those you are praying for
Your sins are fogiven
Jesus said: Your sins are forgiven
Think about the implications here
The fact that Jesus could forgive sins at all was a really big deal to them there
But everyone here is already familiar with the concept that Jesus forgives sin, so I won’t belabor that point.
But the implication is that this forgiveness of sins is somehow related to whether or not the man can be healed
Somehow sin seems to have to do with sickness, or other troubles
Or at least the guilt of that sin
In this case, Jesus equated being forgiven with being healed
Forgiveness breaks the power of sin over you, your body, your spirit, and your life
We receive forgiveness by faith
Do you believe that you have been forgiven the same way this man has?
through no merit of your own?
If it depends on you, it is over the first time you miss the mark
If it depends on HIM it is everlasting
Jesus emphasized the importance of forgiveness and linked it with faith and miracles:
Mark 11.
If we do not forgive then we are not forgiven
We often relate this to salvation, but it should also be related especially to this life
If you do not forgive, then you are not released from so much
Many Christians perhaps remain in sickness and bondage as a result of forgiveness.
Though they pray, and have faith,
Many people expect their own sins to be forgiven while holding everyone else in condemnation
But Jesus said we must forgive
Not so that He could take away our right to justice, but rather so He could give us something so much more valuable.
Forgive, and be forgiven
One of the best ways to grow in your Christian walk is to practice forgiveness
What does that look like?
Practicing forgiveness, means part of our daily walk, not just a few big things
So many people can list a few major things that they have forgiven people for, but yet, they hold grudges and harbor anger about people every day.
Some people are fooling themselves, forgiving loved ones of offences when it really benefits them anyway
Yet they fly off the handle in an instant if someone cuts them off in traffic, or disappoints them, or offends them
Practicing forgiveness should become your nature
Arise!
Being forgiven meant that this man could arise and walk
Receive the life empowering forgiveness of Jesus today
arise from your circumstance also
Extend this same forgiveness to the world around you and grow in your faith, and power
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