Healing a Person Paralyzed by Sin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark 2:1 And He entered again into Capernaum after a few
days, and it was heard that He was at home. 2 And many were
gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even
at the door. And He spoke to them the word. 3 And they came,
bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And being
unable to bring him to Him because of the crowd, they removed
the roof where He was. And when they had dug through, they
lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. 5 And
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Child, your
sins are forgiven. 10 But that you may know that the Son of
Man has authority to forgive sins on Earth--he said to the
paralytic, 11 To you I say, Rise, take up your mat and go to
your house. 12 And he rose and immediately took up the mat
and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and
glorified God, saying, We have never seen anything like this!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This paralytic signifies a sinner paralyzed by sin, one who is
unable to walk and move before God. Their zeal in seeking the
Slave-Savior's healing compelled the seekers to break through
the proper barrier--something which might be considered a wild
deed. Then through the roof they lowered the bed, a small
mattress or pad, on which the sick man was lying.
Verse 5 says, "And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the
paralytic, Child, your sins are forgiven!" This faith, issuing
from hearing the word of Christ (Rom. 10:17), indicates that
the seekers had heard of the Slave-Savior. Seeing their faith,
the Lord called the paralytic a "child." This loving word of
the Slave-Savior implies kindness. Here the Lord's human
virtue was expressed. The Lord said to the paralytic, "Your
sins are forgiven!" Sins were the cause of his sickness. The
Slave-Savior's word here touched the cause so that there might
be a different effect. Once the sins were forgiven, the
sickness was healed.
It is important and meaningful that the first incident in this
section on the carrying out of the gospel service is a case of
forgiving the sins of a sick person. This indicates that in
carrying out the gospel the first thing that must be done is
to help people have their sins forgiven.
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 62-63. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA
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