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All right, men, welcome back to Mark Chapter two. We've been in it all five days.

And here I want to look at the attitude of the religious leaders. And I want to warn you. I want to

extol you. I want to rebuke you if you need to be rebuked. Please do not have the critical

heart of the religious Pharisees that we see Jesus come in contact with over and over and over.

And I'm telling you, one of the great shadows about doing ministry with men, especially bold, strong, opinionated, hard nose, love the Lord,

and ready to push back darkness kind of men is one of the greatest shadows that men like us can

have is that we can have a critical heart towards the work of God and actually be opposed to what

God is doing instead of a part of what God is doing.

Beginning in verse 5, Mark 2 says, and when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic

son, your sins are forgiven. Now, some of the scribes were sitting there questioning in their

hearts. Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming.

Who can forgive sins but God alone? And immediately, Jesus perceiving in his spirit that they

thus question within themselves, and they said to them, why do you question these things in your

heart? Which is easier to say to the paralytic, your sins are forgiven?

Or to say, rise, take up your bed and walk?

But that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sin.

He said to the paralytic, I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.

And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all.

So that they were all amazed and glorified God saying we never saw anything like this.

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