Hey, this is Stephen Fertig. I'm the pastor of elevation church and this is our podcast.

I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your

faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God as moving in your life. Enjoy the message.

Mark chapter two. I kind of want to continue on something that I said on Easter and I'll

explain that in a second. Let me read the scripture. A few days later, when Jesus again entered

Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was

no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came,

bringing to him a paralyzed man carried by four of them. And since they could not get him to

Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus. That's a strange phrase.

You're not going to see it many times in the Bible above Jesus. You won't see that very much in

the Bible. You won't see it about sickness. You won't see you won't see it about shame. You won't

see it about anxiety. You won't see it about panic attacks. You won't see it about political

parties. Just circle that one because you won't see that above Jesus again. You won't only see this

one time. Physically speaking, they positioned themselves on the roof and watched this. A lot of

y'all know this Bible story, but this is crazy if you stop and think about it. They dug through

the roof and lowered the mat that the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their fate, he said to the

paralyzed man, son, your sins are forgiven. Now, some teachers of the law were sitting there,

thinking to themselves, why does this fellow talk like that? He's blasphemy. He's haricied.

Who can forgive sins but God alone? Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this is what

they were thinking in their hearts. I can't wait to come back to you, verse 8. And he said to them,

why are you thinking these things? Which is easier to say to this paralyzed man, your sins are

forgiven or to say, get up, take your mat and walk. But I want you to know that the son of man has

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