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God will do something new." So Jesus comes into our midst, saying, "It's time. That's what the chosen people that Isaiah was speaking to - they weren't ready to let go and to try to do something new. God is in our midst in a new way, in the presence of Jesus, and this is a beautiful and very marvelous thing, but we have to be willing to let go of the old. "Your sins are forgiven." There is something new happening. He doesn't demand that the paralyzed person go to the temple and offer sacrifices for forgiveness of his sins. It means your relationship with God through Jesus, and they are demonstrating that they are ready to accept Jesus, to follow Jesus. Faith means not just believing a list of doctrines. He is amazed at the faith of the four who bring the man, and the faith of the one who is paralyzed, and He makes note of them. No one can get in, and four friends lower a paralyzed man down through the roof to be at the feet of Jesus, and Jesus does something new. It's packed with people to overflowing, blocking the door. Jesus is showing the people that God is really doing something new. That's exactly, in the sense, what is happening in the Gospel today. Be ready to follow where God is leading you now." I remember your sins no more." God is saying to them, "There is a new opportunity now. I am the one who blocks out your offenses for My own sake. Instead, you would burden Me with your sins and wearied Me with your offenses. Neither have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. Do you not see?" Further on, He said, "I have formed this people for myself. That's when Isaiah said, "Do not dwell on the past." They were thinking back to the time when Moses had led them out of Egypt, freed them from slavery and established the Jewish law. They'd gotten used to the way things were. Isaiah is preaching to them that it is time to go back and have your place again, and live where God gave you the land to be yours, but they were hesitant. By now, they had become accustomed to the way things are. They had to go off into exile, and were in exile for 80-some years. Jerusalem was destroyed and the temple was left in flames. We should remember that these are people who have been driven out of their own city and land. I think it is most appropriate today to begin our reflection on the Scriptures by focusing especially on the first lesson, where Isaiah is trying to reassure people that God is about to do something new, if only they have the courage to respond to what God is doing.