In a house in Capernaum Jesus Christ was teaching before... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

They were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
Luke 5: 26.

In a house in Capernaum Jesus Christ was teaching before prominent Jewish personages from the province of Galilee and from Jerusalem. Inside the house were many people, so many that four men could not penetrate the crowd to bring their paralysed friend to Jesus. So they climbed on to the flat roof, made an opening and let the lame man down on his portable bed to where Jesus was standing. The Saviour amazed those present by saving, "Man, your sins are forgiven you" (v. 20). The scribes and Pharisees considered that blasphemy, for God alone can forgive sins. Their knowledge of God was in order, their conclusion was wrong, however.

The Lord Jesus can indeed forgive sins because He is God the Son. That they would not admit.

From this occurrence we learn that Jesus goes to the root of a matter. He forgave the lame man's sins before healing him to deliver him from his hopeless situation. Our greatest problem, too, is not what restricts us physically or mentally, but our sins that separate us eternally from God, if they are not forgiven. The good news is that the Lord Jesus can and will forgive sins. But we must recognise that we are guilty before God and confess our sins to Him, believing that Christ paid our debt of guilt at the cross.

How did the people react then? They said, "We have seen strange things today." That they could not deny. Refusing to acknowledge that He is the Son of God is nothing new today. But we shall become as happy as that lame man only if we believe in the Son of God, as the Bible presents Him: He "departed to his own house, glorifying God" (v. 25).

Today‘s reading: 2 Kings 14: 1 - 16 · 1 John 2: 1 - 11