March 22 (Sunday) -- You're Forgiven, Get Up and Walk

Cities of Refuge: Numbers 33:40-35:34

You’re Forgiven – Get Up and Walk: Luke 5:12-28

You Answer Us With Awesome Deeds of Righteousness: Psalm 65:1-13

The Desire of the Righteous: Proverbs 11:23


Jesus is the Healer!

Imagine going from being paralyzed to being able to immediately stand up and walk. And how did the paralyzed man get to Jesus? His friends took him to Jesus. No walls or crowd could get in their way. They had one thing on their mind, and that was getting their friend to Jesus – no matter what.

As cool as that is, I believe the forgiveness of sins is even better. Note that Jesus first told him that his sins were forgiven. You see, the healing helps the man for the rest of his natural life. But the forgiveness of sins helps him eternally. If any of you are taking Calculus and having to do limits when x goes to infinity, you’re beginning to get a handle on how much bigger eternity is than the few years we have here on Earth.

Now for the not-so-comfortable part: how many of us are doing whatever it takes to bring our friends to Jesus? Our friends may not have physical illnesses that need healing, but everybody needs Jesus for the eternal picture.