Gospel Solution Part 3d
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Transcript
Introduction
Introduction
Gospel Solution 3 - Personal Brokenness
Light to the Dark
Clean to the Unclean
Comfort to the Broken
Forgiveness to the Sinner
Healing of the Paralytic (Mark 2:1-12)
Helpful Friends (1-5)
Helpful Friends (1-5)
Story
Mark 2:1–4 (ESV)
1 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
These 4 men were determined to get their friend to Jesus.
They had faith that Jesus could heal their friend. (vs. 5)
Jesus Forgives (5)
Mark 2:5 (ESV)
5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Jesus uses this situation to make an incredible claim about himself and his authority.
Sin
Sin - the moral consequence of having sinned—‘guilt, sin.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 775. Print.)
Forgive
“to remove the guilt resulting from wrongdoing—‘to pardon, to forgive, forgiveness.’” (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 502. Print.)
“It is extremely important to note that the focus in the meanings of ἀφίημιf, ἄφεσιςa, and ἀπολύωe is upon the guilt of the wrongdoer and not upon the wrongdoing itself. The event of wrongdoing is not undone, but the guilt resulting from such an event is pardoned. To forgive, therefore, means essentially to remove the guilt resulting from wrongdoing.” (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 502. Print.)
Forgiveness of Sins and Clean Conscience (Heb 9-10)
OT Law could not make perfect
Hebrews 10:1–4 (ESV)
1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Offerings were offered year after year, but could not take away sin.
Jesus could make perfect
Hebrews 10:11–14 (ESV)
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Hebrews 10:18 (ESV)
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Jesus perfected for all times those who are being sanctified.
Perfected - to make perfect in the moral sense—‘to make perfect, to perfect, causing perfection.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 746. Print.)
Sanctified - to cause someone to have the quality of holiness—‘to make holy.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 744. Print.)
OT Law could not cleans conscience
Hebrews 9:9–10 (ESV)
9 (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
Conscience - συνείδησις (syneidēsis). n. fem. conscience, self-awareness. Refers to a person’s internal witness to their own behavior, the guilt over wrongdoing and the satisfaction of choosing right over wrong. (Mangum, Douglas. “Conscience.” Ed. Douglas Mangum et al. Lexham Theological Wordbook 2014: n. pag. Print. Lexham Bible Reference Series.)
Those sacrifices could not do anything to perfect the inner affect of sin in the life of the worshiper.
Jesus can cleans our conscience.
Hebrews 9:13–14 (ESV)
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Purify - to cleanse from ritual contamination or impurity—‘to cleanse, to purify, purification.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 534. Print.)
Romans 8:1–4 (ESV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Conclusion - Jesus forgives our sin and cleanses our conscience.
Hostile Foes (6-10)
Hostile Foes (6-10)
Story
Mark 2:6–7 (ESV)
6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Scribes questioning
Scribes - a recognized expert in Jewish law (including both canonical and traditional laws and regulations)—‘one who is learned in the Law, expert in the Law’ or ‘… Law of Moses.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 544. Print.)
Blasphemy
“to speak against someone in such a way as to harm or injure his or her reputation (occurring in relation to persons as well as to divine beings)—‘to revile, to defame, to blaspheme, reviling.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 433. Print.)
“to speak in a disrespectful way that demeans, denigrates, maligns; ⓑ in relation to transcendent or associated entities slander, revile, defame, speak irreverently/impiously/disrespectfully of or about” (Arndt, William et al. A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature 2000: 178. Print.)
God alone can forgive.
Pardoning the guilt of sin can only be done by God. We can forgive offences/sin done to us, but cannot deal with the guilt of that sin before God.
They understood that Jesus was making a claim that he could forgive or pardon the guilt of this man. That was seen as blasphemy.
Jesus Teaches (8-10)
Mark 2:8–10 (ESV)
8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—
Question (9)
Which is easier to say?
“Your sins are forgiven.” - easy
No physical or visual evidence
If Jesus was a false prophet, it would be easy to say this because there is no way to verify.
“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” - hard
There would be physical and visual evidence.
There is a way to verify that he has the power.
Point (10)
Son of Man - Title of the Messiah used by Jesus as a title for himself.
Authority - the power to do something, with or without an added implication of authority—‘power.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 680. Print.)
Jesus is going to connect his comment of forgiving sins with the physical healing to show that he has the authority to do both.
If God is the only one to forgive sins and Jesus has the authority to forgive sins, then Jesus is God.
Healed Man (11-12)
Healed Man (11-12)
Story
Mark 2:11–12 (ESV)
11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Man is healed
Luke 5:25 (ESV)
25 And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God.
People amazed
Luke 5:26 (ESV)
26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”
Jesus Proves (11)
Jesus heals this man to prove he has the authority to forgive sins.
Summary Proclamation
Summary Proclamation
Jesus has the authority to forgive Sins.
Jesus gives us a clean conscience
Hebrews 10:19–23 (ESV)
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.