Sin Is the Issue
David Cawston
Mark 2:1-12
1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.
2Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
3Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
4And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you.'
6And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7'Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?'
8But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, 'Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9'Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'?
10'But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins'-- He said to the paralytic,
11'I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go your way to your house.'
12Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'
(NKJ)
Put yourself in the picture. We're in a small sleepy fishing village of Capernaum. The main road runs through the village. Beside it and next to the seashore is line of box shaped houses built of stones. The roofs are made of saplings, intertwined with sand and mud and a tar like substance. Tiles were overlaid to make a roof about two feet in depth. One particular house catches our attention. There are crowds swelling about the house.
In the center of a mass of people is Jesus of Nazareth. His fame, as a healer, spread like wild f ...
David Cawston
Mark 2:1-12
1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.
2Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
3Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
4And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you.'
6And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7'Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?'
8But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, 'Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9'Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'?
10'But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins'-- He said to the paralytic,
11'I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go your way to your house.'
12Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, 'We never saw anything like this!'
(NKJ)
Put yourself in the picture. We're in a small sleepy fishing village of Capernaum. The main road runs through the village. Beside it and next to the seashore is line of box shaped houses built of stones. The roofs are made of saplings, intertwined with sand and mud and a tar like substance. Tiles were overlaid to make a roof about two feet in depth. One particular house catches our attention. There are crowds swelling about the house.
In the center of a mass of people is Jesus of Nazareth. His fame, as a healer, spread like wild f ...
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