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And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." Mark 2:5 RSV
If I tell you I didn't go shopping at 10:00, you cannot assume that I DID go shopping at 11:00.
You can't assume something is true simply because someone didn't mention it.
This is the license to change what God said is truth. One can make up something and say that it is true since not being mentioned doesn't matter.
You are talking about forgiven sins, not acknowledging that sins were forgiven at some point in time. Jesus actively forgave sin because he was God and had that authority. And he demonstrated it by healing the man. He was not stating something that was, as you like to assume, but actively forgiving. God actively answers prayer, not when we pray answers come.
No, you can't make assumptions about something that nobody mentioned.
It is true that Jesus is God is flesh, but he was directing our attention to God, the Father, who had forgiven sins.
Not at all. He had the authority to forgive sin on the spot and was doing so AS HE SPOKE.
Yes, you can. If a person has a stone in their hand and turns the hand over and opens the hand, I can assume the stone falls without them mentioning that it actually fell. This is called understanding or education.
In that he was God in flesh. But God isn't really a human being.
No you can't. The Bible didn't say there is a 7-11 on the corner, but I look out my window and see a 7-11 on the corner.
What does that have to do with the matter? He was forgiving the man's sins as God at that moment in time. He was not merely sharing information that God has in the past already forgiven the man. He hadn't. Jesus had that authority and was exercising it.
Yes I can. I work in science and that is how knowledge and information is gained and used. It is also technology and many other fields of study. One does not need to observe the end to know that principles or known forces will cause the expectd outcome. If a man throws a stone, I do not need to see where it falls to know that it indeed has fallen. It is called gravity.
Jbf, you obviously do not have the joy of God speaking to you. But it would be better for you to ask God how one learns this than cast stones at those who know.
No, and I don't either. But Jesus and I share the experience of believers in God calling us such. Again, that you do not know what it is to have the living God speak to you will not be improved by calling those who do demonized. Probably makes you feel good though. You won't when you hear what you missed in this life.
Again, that you do not know what it is to have the living God speak to you will not be improved by calling those who do demonized. Probably makes you feel good though. You won't when you hear what you missed but could have enjoyed.
Except others do not seem to see this. Pretty sure if we do not see it, God does not see it either. He really sees the heart of a person behind the words designed to fool people and us.
Because part of what Jesus was doing was setting an example for us to follow, I believe.
I don’t know any Christian who goes around actively forgive the sins of others who did not sin against them. So that was not the reason. He forgave those sins because he loved he man.
