Love as a demonstration of Spirituality.

Mark 2:1-12

I've posted on this story before, although I used the text from Luke. I also mentioned it on Sunday, so if you were there, you might be able to predict what I write. Or maybe not.
After the man is lowered down, Jesus response is not what we would expect from a person with the reputation of a healer: He says, "Your sins are forgiven." The response of the Pharisees, that only God could forgive sins, raises an interesting response from Jesus. We must ask ourselves, why did Jesus do what he did? Clearly, He felt that the forgiveness was most important. He offers s his reasoning behind the encounter when he says "So that you may know that the son of man has the power to forgive sins." Christ offered his healing as evidence for His deity. He allowed the purity of His relationship with the Father, evidenced by the unprovable ability to forgive sin, to be demonstrated through His display of godly love.
In a similar way, our responsibility is to display our relationship with God through our actions. Actions are the language and evidence of our love for and faith in God. In following Christ's example, we can provide evidence for our life in Him.