Be of Good Cheer

“And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” 

Matthew 9:1- KJV

What does a lost sinner see when they look at you?

Are you moping about, sad with a drawn face, constantly complaining? If so, why would a lost sinner look at you and think, gosh, it’s good to be a child of God! Why would they in turn want to take hold of the salvation Jesus offers?

Truth is, they wouldn’t.

As Christians, we need to keep in mind that our outer emotions and actions speak just as loud as our words when trying to bring the lost sinner to Christ.

We need to be shouting our good cheer from the roof tops; telling everyone we come in contact with of the amazing saving grace found in Jesus and the forgiveness that is offered for our sins by His shed blood.

We need to be giving praise; falling down on our knees in the worship of Jesus, the only one who can pronounce and provide forgiveness from our sins.

Sins which can paralyses us both spiritually and physically.

When the saved sinner sins, we cannot lose our salvation; but every moment of every day we need to be asking for forgiveness. And when our sins cause us to walk away from God, all we have to do is turn, repenting from that sin, and run back into God’s waiting arms.

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12- KJV

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” Hebrews 9:14 KJV

Eternal redemption and eternal life is provided by Jesus’ perfect sacrifice and shed blood, fulfilled by the promissory note of the Holy Spirit, and proved by our faith.

 Like the faith possessed by the men who brought the man sick of the palsy to Jesus. But the most important thing we need to realize and keep in mind is that when our faith is in Jesus, our physical healing doesn’t matter when compared to the healing of our spirituality. Undergoing a physical healing won’t get you into heaven, but having a change in your spirituality will.

By healing the sick man and preforming miracles, Jesus was giving us physical proof that He is God and He has the power to offer and deliver our forgiveness.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”- Romans 8:28- KJV

With God, He can make bad things into good. He has the ultimate power to do what we need Him to do and for that, we should be of good cheer. 
We just have to trust Him and have faith in His will.