Why did Jesus...?
According to the author, who may appear close to Christ but are actually just like the paralytic man, present, yet still spiritually unable to move toward healing?
Your average "church-goer"
"Rise, take up your bed and walk..."
Jesus Christ
Lack of what makes us paralyzed in sin?
Reptentence
"Confess your ____ to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed." James 5
trespasses
Jesus asked the paralytic if he wanted to be healed
Why did Christ ASK the paralytic if he wanted to be healed?
To show that healing requires personal willingness
... the five porticaes were significant of the law, bearing the sick, not healing them.
hint: 5 books of the Moses Law
St. Augustine
All pleasure seeking actions that paralyze our life comes at a...
cost
"For you know that it was not with perishable things such as ______ or ______ that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without ______ or ______.” 1 Peter 1:18
Silver or Gold
Blemish or Defect
The Lords invitation to repentance is boundless, timeless, and exclusive.
False
effortless
Why does Jesus allow the devil to remind us of these past regrets instead of removing those memories completely?
To humble us and teach us to depend on God’s mercy, turning past regrets into repentance and spiritual growth
Repentance is the mother of life. It is the evangelical path that the soul crosses to reach the heavenly Kingdom.
St. John Chrysosom
What syndrome did the author describe Metsagu to have?
"Waiting syndrome"
"...______ those things which are behind and ______ forward to those things which are ahead.”Philippians 3:13
Forgetting
Reaching
False
House of Mercy