This Week

Imagine you go to the doctor with a throbbing migraine. You just  want the headache fixed. But the doctor runs some tests and says: your head  isn't the problem. It's something deeper — something you never would have  guessed. The doctor is either brilliant or foolish. Either way, they've told  you something about yourself that you didn't know.    That's exactly what happens in Mark 2. A paralyzed man is lowered through a  roof by four friends, right at Jesus' feet. He wants one thing: to walk  again. Every prayer, every hope, every longing he's ever had is tied to that  request. And Jesus — with the full power to heal him on the spot — looks at  him and says, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Not yet "get up  and walk." First, "you have a bigger problem than your  legs."    In this message from Mark 2:1–12, we look at what Jesus reveals about us  and about Himself in one of the most well-known stories in the Gospels. About  us: our biggest problem is rarely what we think it is. About Him: the God who  came with the authority to judge chose instead to forgive — and it would cost  Him His life. They wanted a wish-granter. Jesus was offering something far  deeper and far more dangerous: a Savior.    If you've ever wondered why Jesus hasn't given you what you've been asking  for — it might be because He's trying to give you something better.