But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins?
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… But don't let pain from sin in the past then rob you of peace in the present. No, Luke chapter 7, verse 47 through 50. When Jesus speaks to a woman who had lived a sexually immoral lifestyle, He says to her, your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Now go in peace. Oh, hear this. God desires His peace to be your possession. He forgives entirely. He heals deeply. He restores completely. Oh, hear this. In Christ, in Christ, you are not guilty anymore. Romans 8.1 There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. To every woman in this room who has had an abortion, you do not wear scarlet letter A on your shirt everywhere you go. When you're in Christ the Father on high God on high does not look at you and see the guilt of your abortion anymore. He looks on you and He sees the very righteousness of Jesus Christ himself. You're robed, you're clothed in his righteousness, whether you've had one abortion or five abortions, whether you have performed hundreds of abortions or legally made possible thousands, even millions of abortions. You turn trust in Christ to save you, forgive you, heal you, restore you, then you are not guilty anymore. …
… which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little. And he said to her, your sins are forgiven. Then those who were at table with him began to say among themselves, who is this who even forgives sins? And he said to the woman, your faith has saved you. Go in peace. Well, Father, I pray that as we begin this new year, you would help us understand what this means. So God, quicken our minds that we can understand your thoughts and think them after you. And then God, I just pray also that you would move our hearts, that we would feel what you want us to feel, that our hearts would beat in rhythm with yours. And then God, I pray our lives would change as a result of this. God, I want people to walk out different than when they came in. That as Jesus said to this woman, that we would go with a peace maybe we don't possess now. And I can't generate that. So we're asking for help. …
… Verse 50, your faith has saved you. And all those in verse 49 around the table began to say to themselves, who is this man who even forgives sins? They couldn't make the connection because it would sacrifice their self-righteousness. 防 realistically Thank you. Because God would never forgive her sins, and God would never forgive the paralytic. He was probably paralyzed because of his sins. You don't get forgiveness that way. You earn it. And so this is what dogged the steps of Jesus all the way to the cross, the legalists. We called Him a blasphemer, even though He gave massive evidence of being divine, and only the divine One could forgive sin. So the crowd, wow, amazing, nothing more. Hostile leaders, blasphemer, we've got to stay after Him, which they did until they finally caught Him in His words when He said, I and the Father are one. That was the final blasphemy for which they sent Him to His death. But Jesus wants you to know that all the healings He did were, for verse 10, so that you may know the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. …