The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 4 March 2026 – Man, Your Sins Are Forgiven You!
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TOPIC: Man, Your Sins Are Forgiven You!
READ: Luke 5:17-26
17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
18 Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.
19 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
22 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
23 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
24 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
25 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God.
26 Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
THE MESSAGE:
Sin simply means disobedience of God’s will. It comes from Satan (John 8:44), man’s heart (Matthew 15:19, 20), lust (James 1:15), etc. The consequence of sin is death (Romans 6:23); it also brings about sickness, accidents, confusion, loss of peace, fruitlessness and demonic attacks. Today in our text, we see the one, who became a paralytic because of sin. For his healing to take place, he needed the forgiveness of sin. And Jesus, seeing the faith of the man and those who struggled to bring him to Him, He had pity on them. However, before giving the man total healing, Jesus first dealt with the root cause of his paralysis which was sin.
Beloved, though all sicknesses do not result from sin, however, knowing, confessing, forsaking of sin and believing in Jesus will go a long way in bringing about our total healing. Let us open the ‘roof’ of our hearts and present ourselves before the Lord Jesus today. He will do it again for someone now and that person is you! Amen.
PRAYER: Wash me completely from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin, O LORD. Amen.
