Before He Healed Him
What happens when Jesus gives you something better than what you were asking for?
In this episode of Good Morning LIVE, Pastor James Epperly teaches from Mark 2:1–5, where four determined friends lower a paralyzed man through the roof to get him to Jesus. Everyone in the room expected a miracle of healing, but the first words Jesus spoke were not, “Arise and walk.”
They were, “Your sins are forgiven.”
This message will help you see why Jesus dealt with the man’s greatest need before He addressed his most visible need. Healing matters. Breakthrough matters. Miracles matter. But forgiveness is the miracle that changes everything.
Pastor James also unpacks the power of faith-filled friendship, the importance of the Word of God, and what Jesus was revealing when He forgave the man’s sins before healing his body.
In this episode:
• Why Jesus preached the Word to a room full of miracle-seekers
• The kind of faith that refuses to quit
• Why forgiveness is greater than healing
• What “your sins are forgiven” means in the original Greek
• How God’s Word creates faith for what only Jesus can do
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