When Jesus heals the paralyzed man in Mark 2, he doesn’t start with the man’s legs—he starts with his heart. In this episode, we sit with Jesus’ unsettling questions to the religious experts and discover that they are really questions for us: What kind of God do you believe in, and do you actually trust his eagerness to forgive?
In this week’s episode, we explore:
- Why God’s questions are never for his information, but for our transformation
- How the scene in Capernaum reveals both the urgency of the paralytic’s spiritual crisis and the bold faith of his friends
- What the hole in the roof tells us about Jesus’ priorities—people over property, faith over decorum
- Why Jesus’ words, “Son, your sins are forgiven,” provoke outrage in the scribes and expose their tight-fisted view of God
- How the question “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” is really asking, “What kind of God do you serve?”
- What Jesus means by asking, “Which is easier…?” and how the visible miracle of healing proves his invisible authority to forgive sins
- The significance of Jesus calling himself the “Son of Man” from Daniel 7—and what that claims about his identity and kingdom
- How religious performance and spiritual hypocrisy can keep us clinging to guilt, even when Jesus has already pronounced us forgiven
- What it would look like for the church to be a safe place where sinners bring their paralysis, expose their sins, and hear Christ’s freeing word
After listening, you’ll be invited to trade a suspicious, performance-based view of God for the God Jesus reveals—the One who delights to lift burdens, meet us in our doubts, and speak forgiveness with real authority. You’ll come away with a clearer sense of who Jesus is in Mark 2, how to approach him with your own wounds and failures, and what it means to rise, pick up your mat, and walk as someone truly set free.
Series: Questions Jesus Asked
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