Key Takeaways:

• Jesus highlights the greater need for spiritual healing and forgiveness over physical ailments.

• Human advancements in technology and knowledge cannot solve the intrinsic problem of the human heart.

• Sin is a universal issue that affects everyone, not just those who commit grave actions.

• True healing and freedom come from acknowledging our sins and accepting God's forgiveness.

• The story of the paralyzed man serves as a metaphor for our spiritual paralysis and the transformative power of Jesus's forgiveness.

Notable Quotes:

1. "The greatest need that we have is not paralyzed legs. It's forgiveness."

2. "Jesus points to our spiritual state. He points to the problem we all share the issue of our hearts."

3. "All the intelligence, technology, all the power and the money in the world can't solve it. What we need most is what Jesus offered the paralytic man: Forgiveness."

4. "Carl Meninger, the famous psychiatrist, even said that if he could convince the patients in his psychiatric hospitals that their sins were forgiven, 75% of them would walk out the next day."

The God of the Bible is a talking God. All throughout the Scriptures, God is seen talking to people. First to the prophets, then most fully in Jesus and today through his Holy Spirit. When we choose to follow Jesus, the Spirit speaks to remind us of all that Jesus established and apply it to our lives.

So how does the Spirit speak? How do we know it’s God? And what happens afterwards? Join Rev Dr Tania Harris as she explores what the Spirit is saying to us. Everyday God Conversations will encourage you weekly to reflect on the God-conversations of Scripture, the ultimate God-conversation in Jesus and to hear from the Holy Spirit yourself. Remember, it was never meant to be a one-way conversation!

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