Mark 2:1-12
Jesus preached the word to crowd, there was no room left, not even outside the door.
Four men carried a paralytic to Jesus. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crow, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and after diffing through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
"Son, your sins are forgiven." Jesus said to the paralytic.
Some teachers of the law were thinking, 'Who can forgive sins but God alone?'
Jesus said to them,"why are you thinking these thing? Which is easier : to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven', or to say 'Get up, take your mat and walk?"
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.
Why?
The teacher of the law is right "Who can forgive sins but God alone", Jesus is came from God, Son of God has authority on earth to forgive sins.
The paralytic has faith to believe Jesus can heal him. And his four friend like to carried him to Jesus. The faith of the patient and his friends and enthusiasm of these four friends are both important.
Here is the initiative, and faith, of his friends that leads to the man's healing.
Jesus' action demonstrates his power in both physical and spiritual realms. When he says the word, the man is forgiven.
Son of man : This is Jesus' preferred title for himself, perhaps because the title 'Messiah' was so misunderstood. In the Old Testament 'Son of man' generally means simply 'human being', but in Daniel 7:12-14 'someone like a Son of man' is given power by God.
How?
The faith is essential for the follower of Jesus. How about my faith and my enthusiasm? Faith plus enthusiasm bring to power of Holy Spirit. I believe that the Lord is my king, the Almighty, he leads my way, gives me eternal life. When I pray I believe that the Lord will answer me through Jesus.
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