Vss. 1-4: Jesus’ Teaching is Interrupted
Luke 5:17; On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and
teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every
village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of
the Lord was with him to heal.
Deuteronomy 22:8; “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.”
II. Vss. 5-7: Jesus forgives the sins of the paralyzed man.
James 2:14-18: My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him? (15) If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, (16) and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give
them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it? (17) Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself. (18) But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith
from my works.
James 2:22 says about Abraham; Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete.
John 9:1-3; And passing by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither has this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God
might be revealed in him.
The heart is more important than the health. The First concern needs to be the heart condition.
Isaiah 43:25: “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins”.
Micah 7:18-19: “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?… You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea”.
Psalm 139:2; You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
2 Corinthians 10:5; We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Philippians 4:8; Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
III. Vss. 8-12: Jesus demonstrates His authority to forgive sins
Daniel 7:13-14 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations,
and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
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