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Seeing
Their Faith,
Jesus
Said To The Man,
“Young
Man, Your Sins Are Forgiven.”
Scripture
Luke
5
17 One
day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of
religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed
up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from
Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.
18 Some men
came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take
him inside to Jesus,
19 but they
couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the
roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his
mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20 Seeing
their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are
forgiven.”
21 But the
Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who
does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”
22 Jesus
knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you
question this in your hearts?
23 Is
it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and
walk’?
24 So
I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on
earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man
and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”
25 And
immediately, as everyone watched, the man jumped up, picked up his
mat, and went home praising God.
26 Everyone
was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God,
exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!”
Observation
Luke
five has so many things that I could have shared with you today. I
hope that you have time to read the entire chapter! I hope that this
story encourages you like it encourages me!
It
was the faith of four friends, friends who were so concerned for
their crippled friend that they tore off the roof of a house so they
could lower their friend down in front of Jesus.
Can
you just imagine! Can you visualize the man being lowered down by his
friends right in front of Jesus? But what kind of mess they must have
made on all of those down below!
It
was their faith, it was the faith of the four friends, lowering their
crippled friend down through the hole in the roof that prompted Jesus
to heal their friend.
When
we, we who are people of faith, pray and act on behalf of those that
God puts on our hearts, our Heavenly Father, responds and works in
their lives because of our faith.
This
my friend is huge! Just take a moment and think about what this story
means for us today.
Application
When
I pray for someone and when I do something on behalf of someone else
I am confident that God will act!
How
about you? Are you a person of faith?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I would have liked to have been there the day that those men
lowered their friend down in front of Jesus! I want to be a man of
faith like that of those four friends. Increase my faith, Lord!
Increase my faith! Help me believe in You like those four men
believed in You.
When
I pray for the sick help me to believe and help me to know that You
will respond with healing because of my faith. I know that You love
to hear us pray and I know that You love to answer our prayers. Help
me to pray for big and impossible things when I pray to You. You are
Mighty to save! Nothing is too hard for You. Increase my faith, Lord!
Increase my faith!
Daily
Bible Reading: Daniel 9,10; Psalms 123; Luke 5
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