Jesus heals the paralysed man!

Lesson Aim: To learn that Jesus can forgive sins because his is God!

Read: Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12, Luke 5:17-26

Prayer: Lord thank you for today. Thank you that we can come and learn more about you. Help us to listen. Amen.

Previous lesson:
Does anyone remember last weeks lesson?
Show the activity page and go over verse.

Songs:
My God is so great
Standing in the need of prayer

Story:
One day, Jesus went to his own City, It was called Capernaum. After some days, it was heard that Jesus was in the house. Immediately many people gathered together. There were many people at the house, so many that no body else could fit through the door and find a place to stand or sit! As Jesus was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting near by.

Then behold, men brought a bed a man who was paralysed. Do you know what it means to be paralysed? It means that the man could not walk, or even move his body! His paralysis was so bad that he had to stay in bed all the time! The men who where carrying the paralysed man on the bed, wanted to take him to Jesus inside the house so that Jesus could heal him.

When they could not find a way to bring him into the house because of the crowd of people., they went up on to the housetop. They made a hole in the roof by removing the roof tiles. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. The bed came to rest before Jesus.

When Jesus saw the mens faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

The scribes and the Pharisees began reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone? “ God knows our thoughts! Jesus knew their thoughts! Jesus said, “Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Which is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven you “ or to say, “Rise up and walk?” But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins!

Only God can forgive our sins!


Jesus then said to the paralysed man, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

Immediately he rose up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house. He was glorifying God!

Everyone was amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”

* Jesus is God
* Jesus forgave the man for his sins first as that was more important than his health.
* Jesus declared that he was God
* Jesus healed the man
* Everyone glorified Jesus
* Everyone feared God!


PRAYER:
Father, thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ to this earth. Thank you that your raised Jesus Christ from the dead and that Jesus paid for our sins. Thank you that when we come to you, we can find forgiveness and repentance. You are the only God, may our lives glorify you and may we fear you.
Amen!


VERSE:
Jesus said, “Get up, pick up your bed, and go home!” Luke 5:24