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Jesus Heals and Forgives in Capernaum: Mark 2-3
July 25, 2025 · 12 min
Discover the power of faith and forgiveness in Jesus' miracles as He transforms lives in Capernaum.
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Faith and Forgiveness 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Today, Mark chapters 2 and 3 verse 1 of chapter 2. And again, he entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that he was in the0:22 house. Amazing things happen when Jesus is in the house. Now the events in these 2 chapters we've actually encountered before in Matthew and Luke. But there are a couple of events that we've not looked at0:34 in great detail. So we're gonna do that today. Beginning in verse 2, immediately many gathered together so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door, and he0:45 preached the word to them. And what was Jesus doing? He was preaching the word. Now our our focus almost immediately goes to the supernatural events of Jesus, but his miracles0:57 were almost always preceded by his teaching. Notice that the the healings occurred as faith was found. And where does where does faith come1:09 from? Well Paul writes this in Romans 10 17. So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The word of God is central to everything that God1:21 does. Verse 3, then they came to him bringing a paralytic who was carried by 4 men. And when they could not come near him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof1:32 where he was. So when they broke through they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son, your sins are forgiven1:44 you. So whose faith did Jesus see? Look what it says. It says their faith. See faith is not passive. Faith is active. These friends got this man to Jesus. Now1:56 the man had faith, but he couldn't get to Jesus on his own. I would venture to say that this man's faith, man that was healed, his faith was inspired by the faith of his friends. And and2:08 I think we should pause here for just a moment and ask the question, does our faith does our faith inspire faith in others? Does our walk with Jesus Christ, our understanding of the word, our2:19 abiding in Christ, does it inspire others to draw closer to the Lord? Alright verse 6, and some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoned in their hearts, why does this man speak2:31 blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone? Alright, there's a clue. But immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit, see he knew what they were thinking. They reasoned thus2:43 within themselves, he said to them, why do you reason about these things in your heart? I mean he calls them out. But by the way, Jesus is calling that. He's going right to the heart of the matter. He's not avoiding it.2:54 He's not dancing around conflict. He's going right to it. And by the way, so Jesus is up in the northern part of the country, and these leaders are coming. The the religious crowd, they're coming. They wanna see what's3:05 going on. They're attracted. Now, they're skeptical and they're, they have ulterior motives, but the work of Jesus could not be contained.3:17 Which is easier? This is Jesus. Which is easier to say the paralytic, your sins are forgiven you, or say, arise, take your bed, and walk? I mean, just an a note on that, how that this religious crowd that the hostility3:28 was drawn out. When God is at work, the enemy is going to be at work. Alright. It's just it's just a reality, so we have to be prepared for that. Verse 10, but that you may know that the Son of Man has3:40 power on earth to forgive sins. He said to the paralytic, I say to you arise, take your bed and go to your house. Immediately he arose, he took his bed and went out in the presence of them3:52 all, so that all were amazed and glorified God. And they were saying, we never saw anything like this. You see, what were4:04 they doing? They were glorifying God because they never seen anything like this before. It is the supernatural power of Jesus that demonstrated his deity, And it was unique. People said, we've never seenNew Wine and the Sabbath 4:16 anything like this before. We we've also seen before as he's he's taught. People said, no one's ever taught with authority like he has. Alright. Then we have the call of Matthew, the4:28 tax collector, and the dinner party that he threw. Alright. We've seen that before. Then we have the new wine skins, verse 21. No 1 sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old4:40 garment, or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. And no 1 puts new wine into old wine skins, or else the new wine burst the wine skins, and wine is spilled, and the4:52 wine skins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wine skins. Now this message is is is fundamentally at the heart about the grace of God coming to man through Jesus Christ5:03 in the new covenant. It is also from a basic standing point is is an understanding of change. You know, Jesus didn't just heal physically because that would be temporary.5:15 The the healing began within with a new heart, so that the kingdom that came upon them, the kingdom of God that came upon them through faith would be fully enjoyed. So5:27 you you can't enjoy freedom. I mean, you have political freedom, and that's nice. But the the the true freedom, see they were looking for the political freedom. Right? They were looking for the freedom to be out from5:39 under the occupation of the Roman forces. Jesus was beginning something new much deeper. He was bringing first the freedom from within, the freedom from sin, the freedom from death that5:51 came through the new covenant that he was establishing in the kingdom. Alright. Next, we have the teaching about the purpose of the Sabbath. Now, we've seen this before. But there's6:03 something in there's a statement in this passage that we've not seen before, and I wanna see if you can identify it. Alright, verse 23. Now it happened that he went through the grain fields on the Sabbath and as they6:14 went his disciples began to pluck the the heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to him, look why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath? But he said to them, have you never read what David did6:26 when he was in need and hungry? He and those with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abathar, the high priest, and ate the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the6:37 priest, and also gave some of them, to them who were with him? And he said to them, the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. Therefore, the son of man is also Lord of the6:49 Sabbath. Alright, what did we see there that we've not seen before? What statement? There's a new understanding here of the Sabbath that he clearly articulates in in Mark that we've not seen elsewhere. And that7:01 is the Sabbath was made for man, man was not made for the Sabbath. And that's pretty significant because it's not about, and we've talked about before, it's not about rules and regulations.7:13 It's about relationship. These things were created. You know, people say, well, you know, I don't I don't really want to be Christianity is just about a bunch of rules and regulations. No, it's not. It's about a7:24 relationship. The rules, if you will, are to to guide us, direct us, help us. They're made for us. We're not made for them. We're not made to follow a set of7:36 rules. Rules are made so that men might benefit from them, human beings. That we might benefit by following God's plan, his design, his blueprint for living. We're7:48 we're we're not again, we're we were not created to follow the the rules. We weren't created for the benefit of the rules. The rules were created for the benefit of us. Alright. Chapter 3,8:00 the setup with a man with a withered hand in the synagogue. We've looked at this before in both Matthew and Luke. Verse 4, then he said to them, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save life or toRighteous Anger and True Family 8:11 kill? But they kept silent. And when he had looked around at them with anger, now that's something new. We've not seen that before. The description of Jesus that with anger, Jesus, that with anger being grieved. His he8:23 was grieved by the hardness of their hearts, and that brought about anger. And he said to them stretch out, he said to the man stretch out your hand, and he stretched it out and the hand was restored as whole as the8:33 other. Jesus was angry. It was righteous anger. There are times, there are times now it's not the, should not be our our default position. It wasn't8:45 the default position of Jesus, but we see there are times that he was angered. He was angered by the hardness of their heart, he was grieved by that. And anger is sometimes appropriate. Righteous anger, it's not about8:56 us, not about us. It's not when we've been short changed or we've been offended. It is when God and his glory and his name had been challenged. Verse 6, and the Pharisees went9:08 out and immediately plotted with Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. Then we have, Jesus dealing with more demons. Again, a very, common encounter we see as the the9:20 kingdom of God was being introduced. The the kingdom of darkness was disturbed. And I've said this before and I'll say it again, I believe as we see the kingdom of God coming to, and and and the demonic activity has been9:32 here from the from the start. It continues. But I think there is a crescendo as we move toward the culmination of the kingdom. You're we're going to see and we are seeing a lot more demonic activity. We9:44 need to have kingdom eyes to see this, to understand what is happening. Alright. Jesus then calls the 12 apostles. And then there's an interesting reference to Jesus' family and close associates,9:55 not fully understanding the work that Jesus was called to. Alright. Look at verse 20. Then the multitude came together so that they could not so much as eat bread. I mean, look, I mean, this was this10:07 was not a 9 to 5 job. Jesus, this was his mission. This was his calling and and it was so much that he didn't even have time to eat. But when his own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold on10:19 him and and for he they said he is out of his mind. His own people. I mean his people that cared about him, they they didn't understand. And they said he's out of his mind. He's just working too much. Alright. Then the10:31 religious crowd says, Jesus is casting out demons by the power of the ruler of demons. And Jesus's response in verse 24, if a kingdom is divided against itself, the kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided10:43 against itself, the house cannot stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but has an end. And then, we close out, Jesus10:54 defines who makes up his family. Look at verse 35. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and my sister and my mother. You see those who are in the family of God, they do11:06 the will of God. Father we thank you for your word, and and and Lord I pray that, Lord, we would be seen as people of faith, that you11:18 would see our faith, and that our faith would be active, and that we would be bringing others to you. And Lord, I pray that our faith would be contagious, and that Lord it would it would inspire11:30 others. And I pray Lord that we would have that as we abide in your word. Lord your word is at the center of everything that you do. Lord give us as as the Psalmist had a love for your word, for your11:42 precepts. More they be may they be more precious to us than gold. So father, I I pray that the Holy Spirit would guide us and direct us today. Use us for your kingdom and glory. We pray in Jesus name.11:54 Amen. Alright. Have a great day, and until next time. Keep standing on the word.12:02 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan, available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day,12:14 you can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Faith and Forgiveness4:13 New Wine and the Sabbath8:05 Righteous Anger and True Family
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