Which Is Easier To Say

February 17th, 2022
by Don Richey

And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses. Colossians 2:13

Do you remember in Luke 5:23 when Jesus asked the Pharisees, “Which is easier to say (to the paralytic), Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Rise up and walk?” In the context of ministering to a paralytic, saying “Your sins are forgiven” is probably easier.

Now, why would that be easier? Because you don’t need an outward manifestation to prove that his sins are forgiven. But when you tell him “Rise up and walk,” he must rise up and walk, or you will look very foolish. So that makes saying “Your sins are forgiven” easier than saying “Rise up and walk.”

The truth is, what is seemingly more difficult for man in the natural is not so for God. With God, physical healing is clearly EASIER for Him than forgiveness of sins. The latter is the HARDER and greater miracle because it required God to deliver up His beloved Son to take on ALL our sins and shed His blood on the cross.

Yet, when faced with a loved one stricken with cancer, or when gripped by mounting debts after being jobless for a long time, we seem to find it harder to believe and say that God has already given us the breakthroughs we need, than to believe and say that our sins are forgiven.

Saying that our sins are forgiven seems easier than saying that God has already given us the miraculous physical healing, supernatural financial breakthrough or divine favor at the next job interview. But since God has done the HARDER and greater miracle of “having forgiven you all trespasses,” there is nothing He will not do for you (Romans 8:32).

In fact, if you think there is something that God is withholding from you, you are implying that something is greater than the forgiveness of sins which Jesus died to give you. But nothing can be greater than the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. So, hear the Lord telling you today, “Your sins have been forgiven. You have perfect acceptance before God. Rise up and be healed. Rise up and walk in health, wisdom, favor, protection and wholeness.” God is so faithful to His Word.