Mark 2:1-12
The Lord Jesus Christ and His men returned to Capernaum after some days.
They probably entered the home of Peter.
Word soon got out that He was back in Capernaum.
Many people flocked to the house.
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Jesus And His Preaching (1-2)
The people wanted to see the Lord Jesus Christ work some more miracles.
They were surprised and disappointed when the Lord Jesus Christ began to preach to them.
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Preaching was central to the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Through preaching, He reached into the hearts of the lost with the Gospel of grace.
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Jesus And His Power (3-5)
Right in the middle of the preaching service, something spectacular happened.
4 men brought their paralyzed friend to the Lord Jesus Christ.
They believed that if they could get this man to Jesus, then Jesus could heal his body.
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When they arrived at the house, the crowd was so large that they couldn’t get into the house through the door.
These 4 men then carried their friend up the staircase onto the roof of the house.
Once there, they began to dig through the roof until they had made an opening large enough to lower their friend into the house.
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These men were willing to do whatever it took to bring that man to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The paralyzed man was lowered into the service.
The Lord Jesus Christ witnessed the extent and depth of their faith in Him and His ability.
Then He did something amazing!
He says, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
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Jesus And His Proof (6-12a)
The Criticism
Sitting there in the house that day were some scribes.
They were sent to check up on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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When they heard the Lord Jesus Christ forgive the crippled man’s sins, they could not believe their ears!
They knew that only God could forgive sins.
They understood the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as a claim to be God!
When they heard this, they immediately accused Him of blasphemy.
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The Confrontation
The Lord Jesus Christ, being God, knew what they were thinking in their hearts.
He immediately offered them a challenge.
He said, “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?
The Lord Jesus Christ was setting up a test to prove that He is the Messiah.
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The Confirmation
The Lord Jesus Christ used the physical to prove the spiritual.
He commanded the man to “arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
The Lord Jesus Christ was proving that He is Who He claims to be.
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By healing this man, the Lord Jesus Christ proved that He is worthy of faith!
He was proving that He is the Messiah.
He was proving that He is God in the flesh.
He was saying that He has the power on earth to forgive sins, and that it would be too late for our sins to be forgiven when this life is over!
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ healed the man.
The paralyzed man got up, picked up his mat, and elbowed his way through the crowd and left!
He simply got up and walked away!
*******
His heart was healed first.
Then his flesh followed.
That is the way things go!
*******
When the Lord forgives a person’s sins, that person becomes a new creature.
The insides are changed and the walk is rearranged!
What the Lord does in the heart always shows up on the outside.
Genuine faith is something that can be seen by others.
*******
What about us?
Are we like the crowd, still waiting for more miracles?
The Lord Jesus Christ is in the house today.
Let us receive Him and be saved today.
Let us also bring our friends in need to Him too!
The Lord Jesus Christ and His men returned to Capernaum after some days.
They probably entered the home of Peter.
Word soon got out that He was back in Capernaum.
Many people flocked to the house.
*******
Jesus And His Preaching (1-2)
The people wanted to see the Lord Jesus Christ work some more miracles.
They were surprised and disappointed when the Lord Jesus Christ began to preach to them.
*******
Preaching was central to the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Through preaching, He reached into the hearts of the lost with the Gospel of grace.
*******
Jesus And His Power (3-5)
Right in the middle of the preaching service, something spectacular happened.
4 men brought their paralyzed friend to the Lord Jesus Christ.
They believed that if they could get this man to Jesus, then Jesus could heal his body.
*******
When they arrived at the house, the crowd was so large that they couldn’t get into the house through the door.
These 4 men then carried their friend up the staircase onto the roof of the house.
Once there, they began to dig through the roof until they had made an opening large enough to lower their friend into the house.
*******
These men were willing to do whatever it took to bring that man to the Lord Jesus Christ.
*******
The paralyzed man was lowered into the service.
The Lord Jesus Christ witnessed the extent and depth of their faith in Him and His ability.
Then He did something amazing!
He says, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
*******
Jesus And His Proof (6-12a)
The Criticism
Sitting there in the house that day were some scribes.
They were sent to check up on the Lord Jesus Christ.
*******
When they heard the Lord Jesus Christ forgive the crippled man’s sins, they could not believe their ears!
They knew that only God could forgive sins.
They understood the words of the Lord Jesus Christ as a claim to be God!
When they heard this, they immediately accused Him of blasphemy.
*******
The Confrontation
The Lord Jesus Christ, being God, knew what they were thinking in their hearts.
He immediately offered them a challenge.
He said, “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?
The Lord Jesus Christ was setting up a test to prove that He is the Messiah.
*******
The Confirmation
The Lord Jesus Christ used the physical to prove the spiritual.
He commanded the man to “arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
The Lord Jesus Christ was proving that He is Who He claims to be.
*******
By healing this man, the Lord Jesus Christ proved that He is worthy of faith!
He was proving that He is the Messiah.
He was proving that He is God in the flesh.
He was saying that He has the power on earth to forgive sins, and that it would be too late for our sins to be forgiven when this life is over!
*******
The Lord Jesus Christ healed the man.
The paralyzed man got up, picked up his mat, and elbowed his way through the crowd and left!
He simply got up and walked away!
*******
His heart was healed first.
Then his flesh followed.
That is the way things go!
*******
When the Lord forgives a person’s sins, that person becomes a new creature.
The insides are changed and the walk is rearranged!
What the Lord does in the heart always shows up on the outside.
Genuine faith is something that can be seen by others.
*******
What about us?
Are we like the crowd, still waiting for more miracles?
The Lord Jesus Christ is in the house today.
Let us receive Him and be saved today.
Let us also bring our friends in need to Him too!
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