Palsy #5

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them” (Matthew 4:24 KJV).

What exactly is “palsy?” Why does the Bible feature it?

Sin separates the sinner from God. It is a barrier that needs to be overcome, a chasm that must be bridged, a problem that needs to be corrected, a disease that must be cured. However, the sinner is utterly helpless to resolve the situation—though he tries to deny it, diminish it, or manage it, it still remains. This is true on an individual level and a national level. As touching the nation Israel, the New Covenant serves a two-fold purpose. Firstly, God in His grace will deal with Israel’s sins committed under the Old Covenant (Law of Moses). Secondly, He will redeem, bless, and enable Israel to cause her people to do His will in the Earth.

Observe Jeremiah 31:31-34, noticing verse 34 in particular: “[31] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: [33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34] And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

This is the forgiveness associated with the paralytic “son” or “man” of Matthew 9:2, Mark 2:5, and Luke 5:20….

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Grace and peace! What a privilege to be an ambassador for the risen Christ here on WordPress! I am a Pauline dispensationalist Christian saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus plus nothing! My goal is to "have all men saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:3,4). I seek to preach Jesus Christ crucified for our sins, buried, and raised again for our justification as the only way to salvation. Also, I seek to edify and perfect the saints using dispensational Bible study and the Authorized Version King James Bible!