Mark, the Gospel writer, continues to reveal Jesus' divine authority being exercised in his ministry - in this passage it is his authority to forgive sins. The passage is preached around four major ideas: -The Desperation of Faith -The Declaration of Forgiveness -The Confirmation of Forgiveness -The Revelation of Divinity. Yahweh's authority to forgive the sins of his believing people is not lessened when the Son of Man takes that same authority to himself in forgiving, then healing the paralyzed man. The incarnation did not cancel the Son of God's divine prerogative to forgive sins.
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Jeff Gregory has been pastor of Good Shepherd Community Church in Dallas, TX, since 1995. During most of that time he worked as an ESL instructor at El Centro Community College in downtown Dallas. He attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated with an M.Div....