Take Heart your sins are forgiven Matthew 9

Take Heart, your sins are forgiven Matthew 9: 1 -13

Unexpected Messiah

Unexpected Messiah "And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28: 17 )

Unexpected Messiah "And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28: 17 ) • That God would grant this "man" authority to forgive sins (3)

Unexpected Messiah "And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28: 17 ) • That God would grant this "man" authority to forgive sins (3) • That God would allow his own to associate with sinners (11)

Unexpected Jesus Matthew 9: 13 b “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners” • Romans 3: 9 -10, 20

Unexpected Call

Unexpected Joy

Unexpected Joy Matthew 8: 11 -12 “I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” • Romans 3: 23 -24

Faith: Expected

Faith: Expected Matthew 9: 2 behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven"

Faith: Expected Matthew 9: 2 behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven" Hebrews 10: 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.

Faith: Expected You can have the same faith with full assurance because 1. Jesus has authority to forgive sins (6 -7)

Faith: Expected You can have the same faith with full assurance because 1. Jesus has authority to forgive sins (6 -7) 2. He desires you (13)