REAL CHANGES TAKE MORE THAN JUST DESIRE, WISHING AND HOPING.

MATTHEW 8:33-34

MATTHEW 9:1

MATTHEW 9:2

THE BIGGEST MISTAKE WE MAKE IS TRYING TO BECOME SOMEONE’S SAVIOR!!

THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED OF THE HURTING MAN WAS FORGIVENESS!

ROMANS 4:7-8 “Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 8Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”

THE HAPPIEST MAN IS THE MAN WHO KNOWS HE’S FORGIVEN.

MATTHEW 9:3

SCRIBES - LEARNED MEN & TEACHERS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

MATTHEW 9:4-5

PSALM 103:1-3 Praise the Lord, my soul;all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—

3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

DANIEL 7:13-14

“I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, with the clouds of heaven

One like a son of man was coming,

And He came up to the Ancient of Days

And was presented before Him.

14 And to Him was given dominion,

Honor, and a kingdom,

So that all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages

Might serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion

Which will not pass away;

And His kingdom is one

Which will not be destroyed.

MATTHEW 9:6

SON OF MAN

1. IT’S THE MOST FREQUENT NAME HE CALLED HIMSELF (100 TIMES IN THE GOSPELS)

2. SOMETIMES CHRIST USED SON OF MAN AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PRONOUN “I”, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HUMILITY OF HIS HUMANITY

3. THERE ARE REFERENCES WHERE IT’S NOT TALKING ABOUT HUMILITY, IT’S TALKING ABOUT HIS DEITY, HIM BEING GOD

MATTHEW 9:7

WE SHOULD NOT JUDGE THE LOVE OF GOD BASED ON WHAT HOME LOOKS LIKE AT THAT TIME.

MATTHEW 9:8

THE GREATEST MIRACLE ISN’T THE MIRACULOUS HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC

THE GREATEST MIRACLE IS ABSOLUTELY THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS