Interplanner
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Mark 2 contains the 'proof' miracle about Christ's authority to forgive sins. We see in it the genious assembly of cross-proving the truth. In order for us to see that he has authority to forgive sins...he heals a paralyzed person. Proof has been interwoven.
But there is something else in the picture here. It is the initial indication of the rejection of Christ by the leaders. He has hit the provocative nerve--the authority to forgive sins. So we now know something else is going on here: every attempt to find the whole account to be false is from this point on being collected as evidence.
If anyone has any doubt about the Gospel account, they really have to stop right here and take notice. The whole energy and force of Judaism was just set in motion. They must at all cost find something to discredit this claim of authority to forgive which resides only in God, so they are trying to find it through the rest of the account.
So once again Christ has cross-proven the account. Nothing that he claimed to do can be found to be false. 'In order for us to see that the whole account is true...he continues with miracle after powerful work' all of which are completely beyond the control of Judaism to stop or discredit.
But there is something else in the picture here. It is the initial indication of the rejection of Christ by the leaders. He has hit the provocative nerve--the authority to forgive sins. So we now know something else is going on here: every attempt to find the whole account to be false is from this point on being collected as evidence.
If anyone has any doubt about the Gospel account, they really have to stop right here and take notice. The whole energy and force of Judaism was just set in motion. They must at all cost find something to discredit this claim of authority to forgive which resides only in God, so they are trying to find it through the rest of the account.
So once again Christ has cross-proven the account. Nothing that he claimed to do can be found to be false. 'In order for us to see that the whole account is true...he continues with miracle after powerful work' all of which are completely beyond the control of Judaism to stop or discredit.