NT Framework - Jesus doing God Things

Jesus did things only God was able to do; and some reacted with anger while others reacted with awe. What do His actions mean? 

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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Now let's go to Mark 2.5.
Mark 2.5.
Gospel of Mark, Matthew, Mark,so the second of the fourfold
gospel, Mark 2.
In verse 5, verse five actuallywe'll be here for a couple of
these real quick there's aparalytic right.

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He's being carried by four menbeing brought into the house.
They couldn't get him in thehouse it's so crowded right,
verse four so they had to removethe roof and lower him down
into the room where Christ was.
In verse 5, it says Jesus,seeing their faith, said to the
paralytic Son your sins areforgiven.

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Now, who forgives sin?
God, You're as smart as all theJews that were in the room that
day.
Because what do they say?
In verse 5?
It says some of the scribeswere sitting there and reasoning
in their hearts, saying noreasoning.
Where In their hearts, not outloud in their hearts.

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Why does this man speak that way?
He is blaspheming.
Who can forgive sins but Godalone?
He is blaspheming.
Who can forgive sins but Godalone?
Were they right that the OldTestament taught that God is the
only one who can forgive sins?
Yeah, because God is the onlyone who has been offended,
because he's the standard ofrighteousness by which sin is

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measured, and he is thereforethe only one who has the right
to forgive sin.
And Isaiah, chapter 43, 25,says Yahweh forgives
transgression.
And that's where they werereferring back to Passages like
Isaiah 43, 25.
But if Jesus is forgivingsomeone their sins, then who is

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Jesus?
Well, he's God.
Now they say well, he'sblaspheming.
I mean, you know, he's claiming, in other words, to be who.
He's claiming to be God.
Now, this is why Lewis made thestatement he's either a liar,
lunatic or Lord.
I mean, he's either lying herelike you're not God, or he's

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absolutely crazy.
He's a loon, right, Claiming hecan forgive sins, or he is the
Lord himself.
He is God himself in the flesh.
Okay, so that's anotherevidence of Christ doing
something that only Yahweh cando forgiving sins.
Look in verse 8.

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Let's just continue.
We'll pick up the next evidenceImmediately.
Jesus, aware in his spirit thatthey were reasoning that way
within themselves, said to themwhy are you reasoning about
these things in your heart?
Uh-oh, what attribute I mean.

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How could you know what peopleare thinking?
Who has access to that?
Only Yahweh.
It's part of his omniscience,right, Meaning he knows all
things, but he's displaying thathere.
He right Meaning he knows allthings, but he's displaying that
here he's displaying that heknows all things, that he's the.

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The Greek word iscardiogonostos, Cardio, heart,
gnostos, to know.
He's the heart knower.
He knows their hearts.
He knows what their reasoningin their heart.
By the way, he knows what yourreasoning in your heart is too,
and mine he knows all ofreasoning in their heart.
By the way, he knows what yourreasoning in your heart is too,
and mine.
He knows all of our thoughts.
So this is another evidencethat he's God, because he can

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only do the things that God cando.
In this sense, omniscience,he's the only one who knows all
things.
All right, let's look atanother one Matthew 8.23.
Matthew 8.23.
Matthew 8.23.
Go to the first of the fourfoldgospel.

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I do think Matthew was writtenfirst too.
By the way, I don't think Markwas written first, and I don't
think they depended on somedocument called Q.
You've ever heard that kind oftheory.
They tried to explain theharmony of the gospels.
I think they wroteindependently, under the
inspiration of the Spirit.

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Matthew 8, 23 and followingJesus demonstrates another
attribute of God here, verse 23,.
When he got into the boat, hisdisciples followed him and
behold, there arose a greatstorm on the sea, so that the
boat was being covered with thewaves.
This is out on the Lake ofGalilee, right?
But Jesus himself was asleep.
Are you kidding me?

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I mean, have you ever been in aboat and you know the water is
coming over the boat, into theboat, and you are asleep?
No, nobody does that, but he'stotally content, he's totally
relaxed.
Verse 25, they came to him andwoke him, saying Save us, lord,

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we are perishing.
And he said to them why are youafraid, you men of little faith
?
Then he got up and he rebukedthe winds and the sea and it
became perfectly calm and themen were amazed and they said
what kind of man is this thateven the winds and the sea will
ban?
Well, yeah, I mean, who is this?
And isn't that the point we'resupposed to be asking?

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Who is this?
Who can do this?
What's kind of interesting isthat this word rebuke he says he
rebuked.
That word is used exclusivelyelsewhere to rebuking people, to
rebuking people, not inanimateobjects.
But here he's rebuking what wewould just normally say

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inanimate objects like sea, thesea and the wind, which makes us
wonder where their forces,demonic forces behind the seas
and the winds, because this wordis always used of a personal
rebuke, not just impersonalrebuke, and so there's a lot

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going on here in the text abouthis power and of course, that's
what we're to gain is that noman can do this.
He must be God, god in the boatwith you.
Talk about a fearful momentwhen the realization strikes you
Also an awesome moment.

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Right, you have experiencedthis, so he is demonstrating his
omnipotence.

Speaker 1 (06:51):
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