Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

We are in a series called The Miracles of Jesus. And no, this is not deja vu. This is literally the same outfit from last week. Okay? I am a minimalist. I pick an outfit for the month, and that's what I rock with.

I do not have time to be getting dressed for y'all. I got work to do. So, just so y'all know,

is that the same? It looks like the same. It is. It's the same. And it's week two, so everybody

knows. It's the same, but it but it's different okay we are in a series

called the miracles of jesus and i i just get to go through the gospels and and just wait for

the holy spirit to speak to me about which one to talk about and today we're going to go to the gospel according to Mark chapter number two.

The gospel according to Mark chapter number two.

I want to read the first 12 verses in your hearing.

And what's coincidental, I did not plan this.

I read from Matthew last week, the account of the leprous man that was healed.

In Mark's gospel, literally the next event after the healing of this leprous man is the story I'm going to read you right now.

So again, this is not my genius.

It just happens to be how the Holy Spirit

led me. Gospel according to Mark chapter number two, starting at the first verse, here's what it says.

When Jesus returned to Copernium, several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home.

Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room.

Even outside the door.

While he was preaching God's word to them, four men arrived carrying a paralyzed

man on a mat. They couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through

the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat right down in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man,

my child, your sins are forgiven. But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there

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