It required nothing less than creative power to restore health to that decaying body. The same voice that spoke life to man created from 270 the dust of the earth had spoken life to the dying paralytic. And the same power that gave life to the body had renewed the heart. He who at the creation "spake, and it was," who "commanded, and it stood fast," (Ps. 33:9), had spoken life to the soul dead in trespasses and sins. The healing of the body was an evidence of the power that had renewed the heart. Christ bade the paralytic arise and walk, "that ye may know," He said, "that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins."

Der krævedes intet mindre end skabende kraft for at gengive dette legeme i forfald sundheden. Den samme røst, som talte liv til det menneske, der var skabt af jordens støv, havde talt liv til den dødssyge lamme mand. Og den samme kraft, som gav liv til hans legeme, havde givet ham et nyt hjerte. Han, som ved skabelsen "talte, så skete det," som "bød, så stod det der" (Sl. 33,9), havde talt liv til sjælen, der var død i overtrædelser og synder. Helbredelsen af legemet var vidnesbyrd om den kraft, der havde gjort hans hjerte nyt. Kristus bød den lamme stå op og gå, "for at I skal vide" sagde han, "at Menneskesønnen har magt på jorden til at forlade synder".