Power to Forgive Sin: Mark 2:9-11
Mark 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, [Thy] sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mark 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
The chapter opens with Jesus entering Capernaum where a certain paralytic man is brought before Jesus in a dramatic fashion.
- The aim of the four men who brought him in was that he may be made well yet Jesus opens by saying "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee"
- Upon noticing the uneasiness of the crowd He goes on the challenge them and say "that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house."
We learn that Jesus has power to forgive sins.
He proves it by demonstrating the act of healing
Sickness was often assumed to be connected to a sin. When the sin is dealt with then the illness goes away.
By healing the man Jesus was proclaiming that "When I forgave his sin, it was truly forgiven!"
Fasting for the Presence of God: Mark 2:19
Mark 2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Fasting is a common religious act but not among Jesus' followers. The people questioned and Jesus responded in a parable. The disciples of Jesus are the children of the bridechamber while Jesus was the bridegroom.
It seems that Jesus was saying that the purpose of fasting is for the presence of the groom.
There are many valid reasons for which we find ourselves fasting but from this passage we gleen that the presence of the Lord is an issue to fast for indeed
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