Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

While the Pharisees and teachers were still thinking about which part is harder, forgiving sins or healing a paralyzed man, He has done BOTH! And the man gets up from his mat and starts praising God.

You ever had an injury, a hurt, or a chronic illness that lasted awhile? How many times did you pray for God to heal you? Can’t you just imagine this man’s joy at being able to walk again? “IMMEDIATELY” it says, he stood up.

Verse 26 records the crowds amazed reaction. “They were filled with awe and said, ‘We have seen remarkable things today.” In Mark it says, “We have never SEEN anything like this!”

This hardened group that had come to oppose Jesus had seen UNDENIABLE evidence that Jesus … was Lord, Son of God.

What kind of evidence would it take for someone in YOUR life who doesn’t know Jesus … to come to faith in Him? … A miraculous healing?

Well, that’s probably not going to happen. But maybe they just need to see the evidence that God’s has forgiven our sins … by the way we live our lives … by the way we care about others, by the way we live our lives with abandon …

Jesus HAS left us with miraculous evidence … but we have to show it. We have to be intentional. How far will YOU go?

And if you haven’t made that first time decision to accept Christ – what kind of evidence do YOU need? Would it take a miraculous healing for you to believe?

Would it take evidence that Jesus truly was and IS the Son of God, capable of forgiving your sins and taking you to the Father when you die …?

Search the Scriptures for yourself, see if these things are true … and if you’ve come to that point …

That you believe that Jesus IS the Christ, the only Son of God, and you want to accept His forgiveness for your sins, His Lordship over your life, the Gift of the Holy Spirit and eternal life, I pray you’ll make that decision this morning.

Just come forward and have a seat right here in the front and we sing this next song. Maybe you want to rededicate your life or join our fellowship here at Westridge.

You can do any of these things, just come forward, now as we all STAND, and we sing.