Your Sins Are Forgiven You

Over the past few weeks, my Pastor has been doing a series called

"Exposing Myths Heard in the Church".

He is going through many myths that we have heard for years

and showing how they are not found in the Bible and 

what Jesus did when He came.

It has been SO amazing at the freedom and revelation 

that has been brought to light

and the years of such misleading, wrong doctrine being broken down.

I am not going to write about what he is teaching us, verbatim, 

but about one bit of revelation that has just sparked

something inside of my heart.

In Luke 5 we read about a story of a 

paralytic man who is healed by Jesus.

Read with me:

17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. 19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.

20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, He answered and said to them, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

25 Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

This paralytic man had friends with great faith!!

These men believed that if they could just get their friend to Jesus then

He would heal him.

They come to the building where Jesus is but it is so crowded that 

there is no way they can get their friend on his bed through to the Healer.

So instead these men improvised.

I love how they didn't give up!!

They just KNEW the power Jesus had.

The men went to the roof and started removing some 

of the tiles to make a hole.

Then they lowered their friend down to Jesus.

Now I would have loved to have seen this first hand.

I mean really!!

Think about it,

you are in the middle of listening to the Messiah speaking

and you start to hear banging and dust and rubble starts falling from the 

ceiling and all of a sudden a man is being lowered from above down

to Jesus.

There is no telling what was running through the minds of every person

there when this was happening.

Ok,

back on track. ;)

It says,

"When He saw their faith, He said to him, 

"Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Isn't it interesting how Jesus didn't ask him what the problem was.

He didn't ask them what they wanted Him to do.

In fact,

Jesus didn't even address the elephant in the room!!!!,

that this man was paralyzed.

No!!!

The first thing He did was say to the paralytic man,

"Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Immediately the scribes and Pharisees get their panties in a wad.

Isn't that like the modern day church?!

When God does something that doesn't fit into the "norm"

they start speaking against it and declaring "This can't be God!"

But Jesus, perceiving their hearts, says,

"Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier to say,

'Your sins are forgiven you?' or 'Rise up and walk?'

In the Old Covenant, 

forgiveness came once a year and it was by the 

shedding of blood from a pure spotless animal.

These teachers of the law could not

understand how a "man" could forgive another 

of their sins.

But they did not know or recognize in whom's presence they 

were standing!!!

They were in front of the One who is pure and spotless

that would shed his blood once and 

for all for the sins of the world.

Jesus continues to say,

"But that you may know the Son of Man has power on Earth to forgive sins"-

He said to the man who was paralyzed,

"I say to you, arise, take up your bed and go to your house."

Immediately, he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on,

and departed to his own house glorifying God."

Jesus came and paid the ultimate price for our unrighteousness.

When He poured out His blood on that cross over 2,000 years ago,

He paid for our past, our present and our future sins.

Over 2,000 years ago when He did this, 

every one of our sins were future sins!!!

Know that your identity is no longer a sinner once you have 

put your trust in Him!!

You are a saint!

You are His beloved!

You are His righteousness!!!

No sin you may commit can separate you from His love.

The only thing that can separate you from Him is choosing 

not to believe.....

THAT'S IT!

To each saint and each sinner,

know that 

YOUR SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN YOU!!!!

2,000 years ago He forgave you for what you would do!!

You have been forgiven!!!

All you have to do is accept this amazing gift of Grace that 

He poured out for all of us!

-Amen!!!