This
Is Blasphemy!
Only
God
Can Forgive Sins!
Scripture
Mark
2
2 Soon
the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there
was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s
word to them,
4 They
couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a
hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on
his mat, right down in front of Jesus.
Observation
The
Jewish leaders understood that only God can forgive our sins. They
understood that Jesus was claiming to be God when He said, “My
child, your sins are forgiven.”
Maybe
you, just like these Jewish leaders, refuse to believe that Jesus
Christ is God. If that is the case then I feel very sad for you. I
hope before your life is over that you will have a change of heart!
It
is not good people that go to Heaven and bad people that go to Hell.
It is forgiven people that go to Heaven.
Colossians
1
13 For he
has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into
the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our
freedom and forgave our sins.
Christ Is Supreme
15 Christ
is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for
through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
18 Christ
is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[f]
So he is first in everything.
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[f]
So he is first in everything.
20 and
through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
21 This
includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies,
separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
22 Yet
now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in
his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own
presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him
without a single fault.
1
John 2:12
I
am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have
been forgiven through Jesus.
Matthew
10:32-33
32 “Everyone
who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge
before my Father in heaven. 33 But
everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my
Father in heaven.
Application
There
was a time in my life when I was not a believer in the Lord Jesus
Christ, so I will never give up on people now who are presently not
followers of Jesus.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, if there is someone reading this simple blog today who
doesn't believe in Jesus I pray that You cause them to believe. Do
whatever it takes to make a believer out of them. Open up their
spiritual eyes, soften their hard heart, cause them to turn to You
for salvation. Show them that what the Bible says about Jesus is
true. Show them that He is both Savior and Lord.
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 19; Mark 1,2
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