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Message Notes
“And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this.’” —Mark 2:12
“He said to the paralytic, ‘I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home.’” —Mark 2:10b-11
“‘LORD, help!’ they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.” —Psalm 107:19-20
“And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’ But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, ‘Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?’ Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, said to them, ‘Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk?”” —Mark 2:5-9
“The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith…” —Romans 3:22-25
The words that people use certainly make an impact, but ultimately it is your thought life that is going to demonstrate itself in your physical life.
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” —Luke 6:45
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” —Colossians 3:12-14
“And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.” —Mark 2:1-4
The Kingdom of Heaven is experienced by people who are not discouraged by the crowd.
When you skip to the end of everything you can do, that’s when you discover what Jesus can do.
“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.” —Matthew 5:3
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” —Matthew 25:21