06/02/2026
https://nacministers.net/jesus-forgives-sins-commands-lame-walk/ It is easy to assume the story of the paralytic is mainly about healing. A man cannot walk, his friends carry him to Jesus, the house is crowded, the roof becomes an entrance, and by the end of the scene the man walks home carrying the very bed that once carried him. That sounds like a healing story because, plainly, a healing takes place. But if we start there and stay there, we have mistaken the stage lighting for the sun. Mark 2:1-12 does not merely show that Jesus has power over paralysis. It shows that Jesus has authority over sin. The healing matters because it makes visible what no human eye could inspect: the authority of Christ to forgive.
Explore Mark 2:1-12 and how Jesus heals the paralytic to reveal His divine authority to forgive sins and call the whole person to rise.