If God gave me a wife ...
If God healed that disease ...
If my country was not in these situations ...
If God solved all my problems ...
I AM SURE I WOULD BE HAPPY, AS IT WOULD BE COMPLETE! ...
What would you say if I told you that I know the solution to your most important problem?
One day, a paralytic man was taken to Jesus, by his friends. Jesus, looking at him, encouraged him and told him; "Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven you."
To what some, who were observing, thought that what this man really needed was to be able to walk. While also in their minds they doubted the power of Jesus to heal and forgive him. Matthew 9: 1-8
Jesus to this I react in the following way; "So that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins (then says to the paralytic): Get up, take your bed, and go home". Then he got up and went home ...
Jesus' fame had spread and many followed him and went to him, seeking to be healed, to do a miracle in their lives.
Now ... When the men arrived with the paralytic to Jesus so he would heal them.
Do not you notice the emphasis of Jesus in forgiving his sins? , Why not only heal him, if he could do it? ..
Jesus was leaving a teaching ...
ABOVE GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT, HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU REALLY NEED (FORGIVENESS OF SINS)
Perhaps you have approached God with the desire that he solve your problems, such as the genius of a magic lamp, we say "I want this, I want that ..." or "If you would give me such a thing I would be happy". And you think that with those things you would be happy, however, God knows what you really need, as well as the paralytic, he offers you what you really need.
... Forgiveness of sins.
Now ... _ Why do I need forgiveness from Sins? .._
There are several reasons, but among the most important are:
Sin separates you from God. Rom 3:23.Sin condemns you to Death. **Rom 6:23 **.Sin has you enslaved. John 8:34
A simple example; once we say a lie, it is necessary to say another, and another, to be able to maintain it, becoming slaves of the lie. Or am I wrong?
Regardless of your type of life, unclean or straight, the human being needs forgiveness of sins. Well, beyond having the body crippled, or not, the human being, is crippled, crippled from his relationship with God, we all need to be reconciled with God. The human being needs to recognize this!
...The human being, is crippled, crippled from his relationship with God, we all need to be reconciled with God ...
That's why Jesus was there, and he's still present!
THAN JESUS ONLY, HAS THE POWER TO FORGIVE THE SINS. ONLY THERE IS HOPE.
Jesus said: So that you may know that I have power on earth to forgive sins: Get up, take your bed, and go home.
Some scribes (they were in charge of transcribing the scriptures) thought within themselves that Jesus was a false (because only God could forgive sins). They had not believed in Jesus as the paralytic and his friends had done. Jesus showed them that only he had received authority from God to do it. Jesus manifests through the miracle that he did have the power to forgive sins.
Jesus can do this, because he is:
The path, the truth, and life. John 14:6.The mediator between God and men 1Ti 2: 5.The only one by whom man can be saved. Ac 4:12
When a person has a problem in the heart, call arrhythmia, low tension, high, or any other condition, and needs to be treated, who comes to ?, a mechanic ?, a shoemaker? ... Of course No, right? He goes to a cardiologist, because he is the only one who knows how to medicate and how to deal with heart problems.
If the human being needs to be saved from sin, who should he call?
"Well, I understand ... I am a sinner, and I need a savior, now what should I do? ..."
If it really is question is in your mind, I offer you the answer.
YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT JESUS CAN FORGIVE YOU AND SAVE YOU.
These men proved to have believed, but why should they take their friend to Jesus? The faith of these men, I urge you to be able to take your friend to be healed by Jesus. They understood that Jesus could do it.
That conviction is the only thing we need to also approach Jesus, that conviction that he can forgive and save.
God knows what all those things you want are. Just as I knew what this paralytic wanted. But only Jesus can give you, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God.
God gave his only Son to pay the price for your sin and mine.
If you believe in his Sacrifice, and you acknowledge and repent for your sins, he receives that attitude and forgives you, at the same time he gives you his eternal life!
This is what you really need! This is what will really fill your life and you will have peace!
Will you act like the Paralitic's friends or will you be like those who rejected Jesus?
God bless you!
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