Healing and Forgiveness
- Mark 2:1-12
- Steve Hart
- May 13, 2007
- Series: The Gospel of Mark
Throughout the Gospel of Mark, three groups of people repeatedly get in the way of Jesus' ministry, particularly by crowding out those who most need to get to Jesus. In this passage, four men are trying to get their paralytic friend to Jesus to be healed, but can't because of the crowds, the disciples, and the religious leaders. But because of their faith, they find a way to Jesus - through the roof! But when the paralytic is finally before Jesus, he receives so much more than physical healing. Jesus looks deep into the man's heart and does something only God can do, and the very thing Jesus came to secure, forgiveness of sin.