Freedom Follows Following: Jesus Is God and You Are Proof
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Mark 2:1-12 2 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” Jesus is amazing!
“I believe in Spinoza’s God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings.” - Albert Einstein, NY Times
Wow & What
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Jesus Saw and Jesus Did.
- Jesus sees/understands the raw depth of the faith of all 5.
- Jesus sees/understands everyone’s core need.
5 Revelations of Jesus
- Jesus rewards faith with forgiveness.
- Jesus recognizes sin with adeptness
- Jesus responds to needs with orderly precision
- Jesus replies to skepticism with an irrefutable statement
- Jesus is God
Our biggest problems in life are not our circumstances,
they are whatever separates us from God.
Mark 2:8-12
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
We will never be able understand all who God is and never be able to receive all that He has for us while holding onto the “lead character role” in our lives.
2 Movement Reponses from Mark 2
Come to Jesus
Carry someone else to Jesus