Mar 2:3-12
And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him;
and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

“Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’;
or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk’?

“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—
He said to the paralytic,

“I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.”

And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying,
“We have never seen anything like this.”

Look at just a couple of things today…

Four men brought a paralytic…presumably a friend/family member to Jesus.
The crowd was so dense…so unmoving…they could not get the paralytic to Jesus.
They went through an unorthodox, aggressive procedure.
They removed the roof.
They dug through the roof.
Yes, those inside would have known something was happening.

Now give close attention.
When Jesus noticed “their” faith - the faith of the men who brought the paralytic…
When Jesus noticed “their” faith, He looked at the paralytic and proclaimed “Son, your sins are forgiven”.

By whose faith?
Who was healed?
Interesting…to be continued…

The Word Podcast - Today’s Episode…
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