The Miracles Of JesusThe Paralytic
The Paralytic
Luke 5:17-26
Matthew 9:1-8
Mark 2:1-12
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Jesus comes home to Capernaum
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Jesus is teaching Pharisees and the teachers of the law
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Jesus had the ability to heal others
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Luke 5:17 “…And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.” (ESV)
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Luke 5:17 “…And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.” (NKJV)
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Luke 5:17 “…and the power of the Lord was there in order for him to heal.” (LEB)
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A paralytic man’s friends seek Jesus out
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Jesus takes advantage of the situation to teach
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The Pharisees and teachers of the law get
upset
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“a term derived from a Greek word meaning to injure the reputation of another. In the Bible it means showing contempt or a lack of reverence for God (Lev. 24:16; Mark 2:7) or something sacred (Matt. 26:65), including claiming for oneself divine attributes by word or deed (Mark 14:64; John 10:33).”
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Jesus uses the Pharisees & Rabbi’s to correct
error
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Luke 5:22-24 “…Why do you question in your hearts? 23 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the man who was paralyzed—‘I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.’ ”
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The paralytic man was healed
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The crowds reacted to what they had just
witnessed
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Matthew 9:8 “When they crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.”
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The Lesson
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We “must” take every opportunity to correct error
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How does one go about biblically correcting error?
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It takes planningIt takes practice
It takes poiseIt take patience
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It takes planning
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II Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
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Ezra 7:10 “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.”
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Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
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It takes practice
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Jude 3 “Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”
The Paralytic LessonI Peter 3:15 “but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect”
The Paralytic LessonII Corinthians 10:4-6 “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.”
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It takes poise
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Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.”
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Ecclesiastes 10:12 “The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.”
The Paralytic LessonI Peter 3:15 “but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect”
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It takes patience
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I Corinthians 9:22-23 “…I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.”
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Study God’s Word Romans 10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews 11:6 Repent/Turn To God Acts 17:30 Confess Jesus as Lord Matthew 10:32 Obey The Gospel Romans 6:3-5 Live A Faithful Life I John 1:7
God’s Plan Of Salvation
Study God’s Word Romans 10:17
God’s Plan Of Salvation
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Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
God’s Plan Of Salvation Study God’s Word Romans
10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews
11:6
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Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
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10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews
11:6 Repent/Turn To God Acts
17:30
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Acts 17:30 “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent”
God’s Plan Of Salvation Study God’s Word Romans
10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews
11:6 Repent/Turn To God Acts
17:30 Confess Jesus as Lord Matthew
10:32
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Matthew 10:32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.”
God’s Plan Of Salvation Study God’s Word Romans 10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews 11:6 Repent/Turn To God Acts 17:30 Confess Jesus as Lord Matthew 10:32 Obey The Gospel Romans
6:3-5
God’s Plan Of SalvationRomans 6:3-5 “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”
God’s Plan Of Salvation Study God’s Word Romans 10:17 Have Faith In Jesus Hebrews 11:6 Repent/Turn To God Acts 17:30 Confess Jesus as Lord Matthew 10:32 Obey The Gospel Romans 6:3-5 Live A Faithful Life I John 1:7
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I John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”