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Only God Can Forgive Judicially
In Matthew 9, we see other examples of Jesus proving once and for all that He was/is God. The chapter begins with the example of a young man who has become paralytic.
It’s interesting that Jesus doesn’t simply heal the man, but takes the time to forgive the man’s sins. He normally does not do this when healing people, at least as far as we know since in all the biblical record, we do not see this happening much.
Yet, with this man, Jesus forgave the young man first saying, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.” Do you recall the time Jesus healed another paralytic and the disciples asked who sinned, the man or his parents? Jesus responded with neither. He meant that neither party sinned, which directly caused the man’s paralysis.
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