Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post is The Upcoming Healing Summit.

Luke chapter 5, 17 through 26.

One day, Jesus was teaching.

There were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting near who had come from

every village in Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to

perform healing. And some men were carrying a man on a stretcher who was paralyzed.

They were trying to bring him in and set him down in front of Jesus,

but when they didn't find any way to bring him in because of the crowd,

they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher

into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith, he said,

Friend, your sins are forgiven you. The scribes and Pharisees began thinking of the implications,

saying, who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins except God alone?

Jesus, aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, why are you thinking this way in your

hearts? Which is easier to say your sins are forgiven you or to say, get up and walk.

But so that you may know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins,

he said to the man who was paralyzed,

I say to you, get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.

Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he'd been lying on, and go home. Immediately he got up before them,

picked up what he'd been lying on,

and went home glorifying God.

And they were all struck with astonishment

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