Jesus Saw Their Faith
Anon. Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins be forgiven you. Here was the explanation of their strange conduct, and the secret motive power of their determined action. The crowd saw their eccentricity, Jesus saw their faith. If there be anything good within us Christ will be sure to see it. Here, then, we see the power of faith. I. It deepened their sympathy for this sufferer. If they pitied before, they would have a keener sympathy now they believed that a cure was possible. II. It devised a scheme for bringing him to Christ. III. It carried out that scheme in the most extraordinary way. IV. It attracted the admiration of Christ. He saw their faith. V. It obtained a cure for the sufferer. Their faith. (Anon.) Parallel Verses KJV: When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. WEB: Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."