In this fourth installment of our new series on the Authority of Jesus, Pastor Rex leads us through a study of the text from Matthew's Gospel in chapter 9. As Chapter 9 opens, Jesus has just left the confrontation with the demoniacs of Gadara.  In that event, Jesus had confronted one of the terrible results of sin and that is a life that is completely controlled by sin and the power of darkness.  Now Jesus comes and he confronts the source of human suffering and brokenness…SIN!  The church must come to grips with the reality of sin and its power in the lives of people who surrender to it.  Paul addressed the issue of sin in Romans 6.