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, get up, take your mat and go home'"
(vs. 22�24). Jesus' miracle rebuked the leaders'
skewed theology the instant he performed it.
stead, he used the muscles that had refused to work,
stood on legs that had failed to hold him, and carried
out of that house the mat that had carried him in
(vs. 25). His healing was not accomplished until he
acted on the word of Christ. But when his faith began
to flourish, his miracle could be claimed.
seen remarkable things today'" (vs. 26). Child of God,
may it be that when you in faith show that you have
been touched by Christ, people would say, "We have
seen remarkable things today."