"Your Sins Are Forgiven"
There is an account of Jesus, when a paralyzed man seeks to be healed. In a surprise move, Jesus confounds everybody by forgiving the man's sins! Jesus had realized that this man's greatest need was not physical, but spiritual, so he addressed that first.
Knowing that it is much easier to say "your sins are forgiven" then to make a lame man walk, Jesus then healed the man (thereby proving he had the power to forgive sins) and addressed the man's second greatest need.
In doing so, Jesus shows that he came not only to save (forgive our sins), but also to heal.
[Matthew 9:2-8, Mark 2:2-12, and Luke 5:18-26]
Knowing that it is much easier to say "your sins are forgiven" then to make a lame man walk, Jesus then healed the man (thereby proving he had the power to forgive sins) and addressed the man's second greatest need.
In doing so, Jesus shows that he came not only to save (forgive our sins), but also to heal.
[Matthew 9:2-8, Mark 2:2-12, and Luke 5:18-26]
Posted by Peter DeHaan at 9/12/2008 6:39 AM 
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Tags: Jesus forgiveness author Peter DeHaan the Bible blog Peter DeHaan Peter DeHaan blog postmodern biblical spirituality Bible meditations Bible information
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