Healing the Paralytic
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Four desperate men stopped at nothing to bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus. From his sermon series in the gospel of Mark, today R.C. Sproul shows that Christ had the authority to give this man something far greater than physical healing.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | When I say your sins are forgiven, your sins are forgiven. |
| 0:05.0 | And he looks at the man and says, rise, take up your bed and walk, and he did. |
| 0:08.5 | And he went home. |
| 0:09.7 | But the greatest thing that happened to the paralytic that day was not the healing of his body. |
| 0:14.8 | It was the forgiveness of his soul. |
| 0:23.0 | Jesus' healing ministry was controversial and upset the religious leaders of the day. |
| 0:28.7 | Why? Jesus healed on the Sabbath. As we heard last Sunday, he touched an unclean leper. |
| 0:35.0 | And today, not only will he heal a paralytic, he'll be accused of blasphemy |
| 0:39.5 | because he claims to have the authority to forgive sin. Thanks for joining us for this Sunday |
| 0:45.4 | edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. R.C. Sproll served as the |
| 0:52.1 | first minister of preaching and teaching at St. Andrew's Chapel in Central Florida. |
| 0:57.2 | And this sermon series in Mark's Gospel was preached there. |
| 1:01.3 | Although we'll only spend a few weeks in Mark, you can study the entire gospel when you request Dr. |
| 1:07.0 | Sproles' hardcover expositional commentary with your donation of any amount at renewing |
| 1:12.6 | your mind.org. Thank you for your support as you make it possible to keep renewing your mind freely |
| 1:18.2 | available to countless Christians around the world every single day. If you have your Bible with you, |
| 1:24.7 | turn to Mark Chapter 2. Here's Dr. Spurall. |
| 1:31.3 | Mark continues his narrative. |
| 1:33.3 | He had told us earlier that Jesus had made his headquarters in Copernium, but that the crowds |
| 1:40.3 | had so pressed against him there, it became no longer possible for him to continue |
| 1:46.6 | the mission that the Father had sent him to perform, namely to preach the coming kingdom of God. |
| 1:52.6 | And we remember that Jesus then withdrew from Copernian and took his ministry to the other |
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