The Lord asks for faith in order to heal both physically and spiritually. He teaches this lesson about his power to heal with the boy with palsy in Matthew 9.
alright so in this episode we see Jesus
becoming the spiritual healer we
mentioned this briefly in the previous
part 1 of this lesson of come follow me
but here we see the actual transition so
opening up with this we see Jesus comes
back from Capernaum where he was kicked
out basically for being such a good guy
and he ends up back across the sea and
comes into his own City so here he is in
Nazareth apparently and verse 2 says and
behold they brought to him a sick of the
palsy lying on a bed and Jesus seeing
their faith this is a theme throughout
this chapter and the last seeing their
faith said unto the sick of the palsy
son be of good cheer
thy sins be forgiven thee so there's two
things that start happening here number
one we see again as we have in each of
the last episodes of healing from the
last episode
I lost episode in the last chapter that
the person being healed is exerting
faith so that's a very important part of
what Matthew and Mark are saying here
and I'm going through Matthew 9 here is
that those that are being healed here
Jesus is the healer he's offering this
mercy but he is receiving faith on his
name on his ability to do this in order
to accomplish this and so the authors
are very particular about showing this
that it is the faithful or those that
are that have faith in Jesus are
actually the ones that are being healed
and we see it throughout all of the all
of the examples in in these two chapters
the second thing is here he says he
doesn't say first I'm healing you of the
palsy he says thy sin his son be of good
cheer thy sins be forgiven thee so this
is the author here Matthew in this case
giving a say further transition and an
understanding of how Jesus really is the
healer
all of these examples of going around
and physically healing people
but as with the devils being cast out as
an example of spiritual healing in the
last chapter here we have the transition
right at the beginning of chapter 9
where Matthew is saying look this is
what this is really all about
yes he's the healer yes he can heal you
physically but he is the one that can
bring atonement he is the one that can
bring the covering and the healing and
the mercy to your spirit and so here he
says thy son thy sins be forgiven thee
well the scribes are saying to
themselves you can probably see them
hustle the hustle and bustle of the
disruption of the scribes as they are
concerned about what has just happened
here and Jesus perceiving their thoughts
says basically okay I understand you
think it's easier for me to say your
sins are forgiven thee to this man
because then I don't have to show
anything remember he's now in a
different City so this is looks like
it's the first healing of in Nazareth
and he says so that you know that I can
forgive sins that the here's how he says
it
he says for whether it whether is easier
to say thy sins be forgiven thee or to
say arise and walk so he knows that's
what they're thinking that it's easier
for him to just say hey your sins have
forgiven you
and then walk off and so he says but
that ye may know that the Son of man
saying himself hath power on earth to
forgive sins then saith he to the sick
of the palsy arise take up thy bed and
go on to thine house so he heals then
the man with palsy or the boy with palsy
and so that he can show that he is the
one that does forgive sins that he is
the son of man the son of God by saying
look first
and this you don't believe that fine
I can easily show you through physical
healing as I have in Capernaum and other
places that I can heal him physically
and that needs to be assigned to you
that I can forgive sins and that in
again that I am the spiritual healer I
am the Messiah I am the Savior not just
of your body but of your spirit and of
all spiritual thing
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