“Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”” Mark 2:3-12 NKJV
God and Saviour,
Here were four people and a paralysed man, desperate. Desperate enough to wreck a roof, risk a paralysed man falling off the bed if not lowered absolutely level and offending the hosts and Jesus himself.
Jesus always responded to those seeking help. And knew it would challenge and offend some of those gathered to try and catch him out as a fraud. Most who saw the man get up and walk were just so overjoyed that they praised God. Someone’s healing was cause for rejoicing. Especially one who probably had no hope of ever getting better. But the scribes were thinking only God can forgive sins and who is this mere man to say He forgives them!
Jesus again was showing us and then His divinity and the reason he came to earth. To forgive sin, man’s greatest need. He healed the paralysed man to show he had forgiven the sin. There are many sermons that have been preached about the faith of the friends. The faith of the paralysed man to accept his healing. But at the heart of it, when Jesus and the man meet, is the offering of the forgiveness of sin. And the man accepts, gets up and walks out. And no-one had seen or heard anything like it.anything like it.
Today someone in the world will have encountered Jesus and has received forgiveness of their sin. Every time is a miracle and like we have never seen anything like it. We can never stop praising You God for the gift of Your Son. And our own personal miracle.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Monday 19th October 2026
Everyone needs compassion
Love that’s never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The Hope of nations
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as You find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Shine your light and let the whole world see
We’re singing for the glory of the risen King
Repeat . . .
Saviour
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever
Author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
Lyrics: : Ben Fielding, Reuben Morgan
(Hillsong)