But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins—” (then he said to the paralytic), “Get up, and take up your mat, and go to your house.”But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.
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… pick up your pallet and walk.' But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," He said to the paralytic, I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet, and go home. 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. To introduce this, I want to pose a question to you. What is the most distinctive benefit that Christianity offers? If you were to do a man-on-the-street survey in our modern culture and ask people in some random fashion what they think the message of Christianity really is, you would be surprised, I think, if you found somebody who got the right answer, because there are so many viewpoints of Christianity. Some think it is some kind of a moral form of political ideology. Some people think it is rules so that you can live the kind of life that God will accept. …
… To say your sins are forgiven or to say get up and walk? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. He said to the paralyzed man, I tell you. OM3 translated. I tell you, brother, get up right now. Take your mat and go home. Immediately he stood up in front of him, took what he had been lying on, and went home praising God. Everyone was amazed and gave praise and glory to God. They were filled with awe and stated, we have certainly seen something, something on this day. May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and to the hearing of God's holy word. I'd like to place a tag upon this text, for it constitutes the context of which we attempt to preach. I want to revisit this text that we visited several years ago, and I want to revisit this idea that we visited years ago. I want to revisit it again, because I think it's appropriate in these moments and in this time that we are in. …
… you have these thoughts? Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man your sins are forgiven or to say get up pick up your cot and walk I want you to know that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins then he said to the paralyzed man I'm telling you to get up pick up your cot and go home the man got up immediately picked up his cot and walked away while everyone watched everyone was amazed and praised God saying we have never seen anything like this now I need you to help me is that all right it may not help you but it's gonna help the preacher so just look at your neighbor tell them it's time to come home if they're not talking they the wrong one turn around find somebody else tell them it's time to come home come on we all family in here today just find one more person and say it's time to come home you may have your seats it's time Only a Reverend Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III would select Bateschella as the foundation for the homecoming concept for this anniversary. …