and the giveaway was my constant negative emotions. You see, I hadsentencesI was trying to overturn. Life experiences hand you sentences about your identity and the worth you carry, and my sentences were not kind. You should hear the stuff the enemy whispers in my hear, the stuff I fear...
24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from ...
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he then said to the paralytic -- 'Rise, pick up your bed and go home.'" (Matthew 9:6)"The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands." (John 3:35)...
allSyria, andthey brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases andpains,those oppressed by demons,those having seizures, andparalytics, and he healed them.25And great crowds followed him from Galilee and theDecapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the ...
Serving Rascals, Clumsy Disciples, and Physically and Mentally Ill Believers with the Unconditional Love of Jesus Christ
And Christ is the same still. And whoever are under spiritual darkness, from the consideration of their own sinfulness, have encouragement hence to look to Christ for comfort. For if they do so, he will be ready to say to them, as he did to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer;...
The chaplain’s voice carried across the gathering of exhausted Rangers, his words finding purchase in their weary spirits as he shared the story of the paralytic and his four faithful friends. “Now, these guys,” the chaplain began, a hint of humor in his voice, “they weren’t afraid ...
7) “Spiritual” miracles tended to excite Jesus more than physical ones. The scene with the paralytic lowered through the roof makes this point well. “Which is easier,” Jesus asked, “to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk...
was arrested on the eve of his crucifixion. Crossing the Kidron Valley the tour enters the Old City through the Lion’s Gate. We can see the Pools of Bethesda where Jesus cured a paralytic. The Christian Jerusalem tour visits the Church of St. Anne built above the site of Mary’s birth...
These acts of healing not only restored physical health but also symbolized spiritual restoration and forgiveness of sins. In Mark 2:10-11, Jesus declares, "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." before healing the paralytic, linking ...