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Matthew 9:1-8
1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town.
2 Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven."
3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"
4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
5 Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . . ." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home."
7 And the man got up and went home.
8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men.

Faith is the main ingredient for a miracle to take place. In this miracle we could see that it is not only the particular person whose faith matters, but miracles can take place when there is faith expressed by others. The highlight in this incident is the faith of those four friends of the invalid, who brought him to Jesus. I am sure Jesus wants to highlight that.

We have no idea about this man who is invalid. We do not know how long he was sick, we do not know whether he was born like that. But we do know he had some good friends. Do we have friends like this? Friends who leads us towards Jesus?

Jesus makes it clear to everyone gathered there that He had the authority to forgive sins, by telling the paralytic 'your sins are forgiven'. Thus Jesus is revealing that he is God. The Pharisees who knew only God has the authority to forgive sins, got offended by Jesus statement. They were not willing to put their trust in Jesus, even after they have seen the miracle done by him.

Two things are prominent here: 1. We need to acquire friends who leads us towards Jesus. We also need to be a person who leads our friends to Jesus. 2. Encourage other brothers/sister by telling them Jesus has the authority to forgive their sins. He is the Lord, indeed.