Mark 2:1-12

Intro

Setting the movie scene

Camera pans people telling each other he is back

Camera zooms out and you see people all running from the house to this house on the outskirts of town

Cut to Jethro running out of his house going next door grabbing andrew

Running to James’s house

Lets grab daniel

The four running toward this house as the pass the house of pete

Pete cant walk he has been watching people run by to go see him dejected in self pitty

Andrew stops guys we gotta get pete

how is that going to work

We gotta go

no lets bring pete

So they run back

Pete “what are you guys doing”

They bring him and they can get in

Andrew guys we have to go to the roof

No one is gonna be up there

Lets put a hole in the roof

Pick up the story with me in Mark 2:5-12

Mark 2:5–12 ESV

5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 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, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

As we look at this story we get to see another side to this Jesus

As this story continues to unfold and here in the early chapters we see mark developing this character of Jesus

We see him showing us a man with the most important authority of all

THE AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE SINS

We see Jesus

Knows mens hearts

Nothing is missed by him

He can call them out

Mark 2:6–8 ESV

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, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?

Jesus knows the heart of these men so he responds to it

this should cause them to sit up and take note and he uses this to prick at them

he asks them this question mark 2:9

this is a theological delima for them

which is easier that which only god can do or what god and satan can do

well what if I did both

A Man who can do what no one else but God can do

FORGIVE SINS

There is an affliction that plagued Pete more than his paralysis

It was his unrepentant sinful heart

The contempt he had for those who ignored him

The anger towards God for his condition

His dissatifaction with his life

HIS SIN

This is something that plagues everyone

Romans tells us Romans 3:23

Romans 3:23 ESV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

We are all sinful and have not lived up to what we are called to be

something we must realize

Just like last week we are not clean needing someone to cleanse us

Mark is painting this picture that the only way we will be cleaned is through Jesus

Jesus has the power to for