Mark 2:7 KJV
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
This record of a miracle performed by Christ provides for us an interpretation for each and every miracle of healing Jesus does in the Bible. Before He made this man to take up his bed and walk Jesus said to him, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee."
And at that point the scribes in the room asked the very appropriate question, "...who can forgive sins but God only?"
Exactly!
There is no one who can forgive sins but God only. And Jesus, to prove that He, as God, had the power to forgive sins, then commanded the man, "Arise, take up thy bed and go thy way into thine own house."
The lesser miracle is that of healing. And it was also the secondary one. I, of course, know that Jesus knew what would happen and He knew that He would ultimately heal this man's physical affliction. But the passage leads me to believe that, had the scribes not questioned Him, He would have forgiven the man's sins and left him on his bed.
And that would not have been bad. When our sins are forgiven, nothing else matters. Of such great magnitude is having our sins forgiven with God, that any form of physical malady is insignificant.
Only God can forgive sins. And Christ is God.
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
This record of a miracle performed by Christ provides for us an interpretation for each and every miracle of healing Jesus does in the Bible. Before He made this man to take up his bed and walk Jesus said to him, "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee."
And at that point the scribes in the room asked the very appropriate question, "...who can forgive sins but God only?"
Exactly!
There is no one who can forgive sins but God only. And Jesus, to prove that He, as God, had the power to forgive sins, then commanded the man, "Arise, take up thy bed and go thy way into thine own house."
The lesser miracle is that of healing. And it was also the secondary one. I, of course, know that Jesus knew what would happen and He knew that He would ultimately heal this man's physical affliction. But the passage leads me to believe that, had the scribes not questioned Him, He would have forgiven the man's sins and left him on his bed.
And that would not have been bad. When our sins are forgiven, nothing else matters. Of such great magnitude is having our sins forgiven with God, that any form of physical malady is insignificant.
Only God can forgive sins. And Christ is God.
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