1. Take Heart, your sins are forgiven
Matthew 9:1-13

2. Unexpected Messiah

3. Unexpected Messiah
"And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28:17 )

4. Unexpected Messiah
"And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28:17 )
That God would grant this "man" authority to forgive sins (3)

5. Unexpected Messiah
"And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted" (Mat 28:17 )
That God would grant this "man" authority to forgive sins (3)
That God would allow his own to associate with sinners (11)

6. Unexpected Jesus
Matthew 9:13b “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners”
Romans 3:9-10,20

7. Unexpected Call

8. Unexpected Joy

9. Unexpected Joy Matthew 8:11-12
“I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth”
Romans 3:23-24

10. Faith: Expected

11. Faith: Expected
Matthew 9:2 behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven"

12. Faith: Expected
Matthew 9:2 behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven"
Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.

13. Faith: Expected
You can have the same faith with full assurance because
Jesus has authority to forgive sins (6-7)

14. Faith: Expected
You can have the same faith with full assurance because
Jesus has authority to forgive sins (6-7)
He desires you (13)