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ምልክት አድርግ 2:1-12 : Your Faith Has Healed You

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1 ከጥቂት ቀን በኋላ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ደግሞ ገብቶ በቤት እንደ ሆነ ተሰማ።

2 በደጅ ያለው ስፍራም እስኪጠባቸው ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ተሰበሰቡ፤ ቃሉንም ይነግራቸው ነበር

3 አራት ሰዎችም የተሸከሙትን ሽባ አመጡለት።

4 ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት ወደ እርሱ ማቅረብ ቢያቅታቸው እርሱ ያለበትን የቤቱን ጣራ አነሡ፥ ነድለውም ሽባው የተኛበትን አልጋ አወረዱ።

5 ኢየሱስም እምነታቸውን አይቶ ሽባውን። አንተ ልጅ፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

6 ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ በዚያ ተቀምጠው ነበር በልባቸውም። ይህ ሰው ስለ ምን እንደዚህ ያለ ስድብ ይናገራል?

7 ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው አሰቡ።

8 ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ በልባቸው እንዲህ እንዳሰቡ በመንፈስ አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። በልባችሁ ይህን ስለ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

9 ሽባውን። ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣ አልጋህንም ተሸከምና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

10 ነገር ግን ለሰው ልጅ በምድር ላይ ኃጢአትን ሊያስተሰርይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ፤

11 ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸከምና ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

12 ተነሥቶም ወዲያው አልጋውን ተሸክሞ በሁሉ ፊት ወጣ፥ ስለዚህም ሰዎች ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንዲህ ያለ ከቶ አላየንም ብለው እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

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The Requirement of Faith

By Todd Beiswenger


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Jesus performs a few healing miracles where he says that the person is healed by their faith. Can our faith heal us? While I'm sure some experience physical faith healings, this is also a picture of how we need to believe in God's teachings in order to heal our spiritual state. God's teachings are cures for our ills, but do we believe what the Doctor is prescribing?

(References: Apocalypse Explained 239; Arcana Coelestia 10023; Mark 2:1-12, 10:46-52)

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Mark 2:1-12

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1 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

2 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

3 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.

4 When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

5 Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'

10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he said to the paralytic--

11 "I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house."

12 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"