When healing a man, Jesus pronounced his sins forgiven (Matthew 9:1-8) shocking the religious establishment. They claimed that only God has the power to forgive sins, precisely Jesus’ point. He was God in the flesh. All sickness is caused by sin. It may not be directly caused by any sin of the sick person, but is certainly the result of the sins of humanity in general accumulating since the beginning. Jesus' primary mission was overcoming sin through the cross.* Healing is only a temporary, secondary solution pointing to the eternal solution of the cross. The most important work of Jesus in the world and our lives is the conquest of sin and all the consequences of evil. God does have a long-term plan and the authority to solve all humanity's problems and it centers on the cross.* Hagner, D. A. (2002). Vol. 33A: Word Biblical Commentary : Matthew 1-13. Word Biblical Commentary (232). Dallas: Word, Incorporated.
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