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39 lines
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title = "Luke 5:17–26"
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date = "2022-11-04"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk5.17-26)
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Jesus has gotten famous enough at this point that the religious elites, the
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Pharisees and the teachers of the law, have come to hear what Jesus is saying.
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And they have come from all over, so Jesus's fame has spread throughout the
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Jewish provinces. These men are the ones who have dedicated their lives to
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knowing the Scriptures so well that they do its requirements perfectly, and
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thus can be accepted by God.
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As always, a crowd had gathered to hear Jesus and get healing, but on this day,
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there were some friends who couldn't get a paralyzed man through the press of
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people to get him to Jesus. But they could manage to get him on the roof by the
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stairs outside, and pull the roof tiles away in order to lower him down to
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where Jesus was.
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And because of their faith, Jesus forgives the paralyzed man's sins. Probably
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not what he expected, but it's hard to tell. The scribes and Pharisees hear all
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this and start asking the proper questions. "Who is this who speaks
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blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" (_v. 21_) If some teacher
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starts acting as if they are God, it is right and proper to stop listening to
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them and proclaim them a false teacher to everyone who will listen. Except when
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that teacher actually is God, as Jesus is.
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Jesus knows what they are thinking, and why, so He does something to let them
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know that they are wrong about Him. He acknowledges that anyone can say, "Your
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sins are forgiven." After all, there's no outward, physical sign of that
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spiritual reality. Then He heals the man of his paralysis and has him walk out
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the door in front of everybody.
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* * *
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Give us discernment to know true teachers of Your word from false ones, and let
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us glorify You when You heal ourinfirmities.
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