Forgiveness is the mark of true humanity

Morning: Psalm 50; Genesis 39:1-23; I Corinthians 2:14 – 3:15

Evening: Psalms 19, 46; Mark 2:1-12

When Jesus says, “I forgive you” to the man whose paralysis he heals, it is probably because they have made a hole in the roof of his own house!  But the religious leaders perceive that his forgiveness is on a much larger scale.  In a culture that prizes revenge more than forgiveness – and forgiveness may even be perceived as weakness – Jesus opens up a tear in the fabric of their whole society much bigger than the hole in his roof! He teaches a new way … that forgiveness, not revenge, is the mark of true humanity.