What you see is not always what you get…
Mark 2:1-12
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
Nobody had ever seen anything like this. This is God in the flesh. This is the Creator and savior, all rolled into one. He took on the form of man and walked perfectly through our world, never sinninh, never failinh, always true. A shining example for the entire world to witness.
The picture is of a man wanting healing of his affkiction, inthis Case paralysis. His friends, four of them, take him to the roof of where Jesus is and lowers him down because there is no way to get through the throngs of people. After all of this, Jesus says, “Your sins are forgiven.” And in that moment, the man’s heart broke, because he wanted to walk. He could not see the true healing…the forgiveness of sin. Ultimately that I’d His greatest gift, SALVATION, freedom from sin. But more was wanted. That was not enough.
Sound familiar? It should, we are human. And…we are HUMAN. Made in the image of God Himself. Given this Earth to rule over by our mighty creator. So, Jesus turns let’s them know that their way of thinking us wrong, but He does it so peacefully. The true gift is freedom from ain. RECIEVE! #JESUSSAVES
AMEN. Maranatha.
DK
Faith vs. Sight 
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