The Healing
Mark 1:35 – 2:12
Part of MARK—The Surprising News About Jesus
October 2, 2022

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THE HEALING
Mark 1:35 – 2:12 | 10/02/2022


THE EXPECTATIONS OF JESUS
• Jesus is always much more interested in the

of people’s response to him, than in the of the crowd.

THE ROOT OF OUR PROBLEM
• The main problem in a person’s life is never their suffering, it’s their

.

• Sin is not just the evil things we

, but also the bad ways we’ve responded to what’s been to us.

• The fact that we think getting our

will be the thing that heals us and saves us – that is the problem!

THE POWER OF JESUS
• Forgiving sins is something that only

can do, and he’s claiming he can do it.

• We need to be

.

PASSAGES

Mark 1:35-38
35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”

Mark 2:1-12
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’?10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”