Simply Jesus – Week 5 | Seeking Symptom Relief

Quick fixes—sleep more, exercise, pop a pill—feel tempting when pain or shame won’t go away. This sermon names that tension plainly: symptom relief lets us keep living the same way, but it never reaches the root. Using the story of a paralytic brought into a crowded house, the preacher lays out how our struggles are woven into family history, body, mind, and soul, and why surface fixes repeatedly fail. The message argues that Jesus offers something different: not merely a quick cure but authority to forgive and restore the whole person. Forgiveness, surrender, and the surprising claim of divine authority change how we see ourselves, others, and the very idea of healing. Expect a clear call away from bandages toward something deeper, and an invitation to consider what real healing costs—and gives—when forgiveness is at the center.