In the accounts found in Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:17-26, we read of a paralytic being brought to Jesus. A multitude of people had gathered in Jesus’ house (Mark 2:1), because they had heard of Jesus’ ability to heal (Mark 1:21-37). When Jesus saw the multitude’s faith (cf. Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20), Jesus told the paralytic man, “Your sins are forgiven you” (Matthew 9:2). When the scribes and Pharisees inwardly accused Jesus of blasphemy (Matthew 9:3; Mark 2:6-7; Luke 5:21), He asked them this question:<\/p>\n
\n“Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven you,” or to say, “Arise and walk?<\/strong>” (Matthew 9:5).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The answer was obvious. It was easier to say that a man’s sins were forgiven, because that claim couldn’t be proven or disproven. But to say “Arise and walk” was a different story. When Jesus said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house” (Matthew 9:6), the actions<\/strong> of the man immediately getting up and walking to his house (cf. Mark 2:11-12; Matthew 9:7), provided the evidence of Jesus’ authority to forgive sins.<\/p>\n
Jesus’ actions<\/strong> supported His words and so should ours. John wrote, “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed<\/strong> and in truth” (1 John 3:18). What we say<\/strong> is significant to a watching world, only if it is consistent with what we do<\/strong> (James 1:22; cf. Matthew 7:12).<\/p>\n
As we tell people about the saving gospel of Christ, our words will communicate more powerfully if they are verified by our acts of love and kindness toward them.<\/p>\n
Yes, brethren and friends, actions do speak louder<\/strong> than words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the accounts found in Matthew 9:1-8, Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:17-26, we read of a paralytic being brought to Jesus. A multitude of people had gathered in Jesus’ house (Mark 2:1), because they had heard of Jesus’ ability to heal (Mark 1:21-37). When Jesus saw the multitude’s faith (cf. Mark 2:5; Luke 5:20), Jesus … Continue reading “Actions Do Speak Louder Than Words – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}