Four desperate men stopped at nothing to bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus. From his sermon series in the gospel of Mark, today R.C. Sproul shows that Christ had the authority to give this man something far greater than physical healing. Get R.C. Sproul’s commentary on the gospel of Mark for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3665/mark-commentary Freely download R.C. Sproul’s ebook What Can I Do with My Guilt?: https://renewingyourmind.org/guilt Meet Today’s Teacher: R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Meet the Host: Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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When I say your sins are forgiven, your sins are forgiven. And he looks at the man and said, rise, take up your bed and walk. And he did. And he went home. But the greatest thing that happened to the paralytic that day was not the healing of his body. It was the forgiveness of his soul.
Jesus' healing ministry was controversial and upset the religious leaders of the day. Why? Jesus healed on the Sabbath. As we heard last Sunday, he touched an unclean leper. And today, not only will he heal a paralytic, he'll be accused of blasphemy because he claims to have the authority to forgive sin. Thanks for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. R.C. Sproul served as the first minister of preaching and teaching at St. Andrew's Chapel in central Florida. And this sermon series in Mark's gospel was preached there.
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If you have your Bible with you, turn to Mark chapter 2. Here's Dr. Sproul.
Mark continues his narrative. He had told us earlier that Jesus had made His headquarters in Capernaum, but that the crowds had so pressed against Him there, it became no longer possible for Him to continue the mission that the Father had sent Him to perform, namely to preach the coming kingdom of God.
And we remember that Jesus then withdrew from Capernaum and took His ministry to the other villages around the Sea of Galilee. Here in the text this morning, we read that Jesus returned to Capernaum, and we read that it was heard that He was in the house.
Another way of translating the text here is that He was at home, which adds more credibility to the notion that Jesus made His home in Capernaum after His family had moved away from Nazareth. And it's also possible that at this time the home that was in view was the home of Peter that Peter was perhaps again sharing with Jesus. But in any case, he comes to the house.
And no sooner does Jesus come into the house, but once again a huge multitude presses together in order to gain entrance to this place to hear Jesus teach and to watch him perform his powerful works. Mark describes the scene in this manner. that so many people were pressing about that the whole house was filled with people.
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