HOUSE OF MISERY
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GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES....BEN FRANKLIN
i like that....like the royal official we met in the text finishing chapter 4 traveled 25 miles to heal son.....BRING YOUR BEST AND LET GOD DO THE REST
GO, YOUR SON WILL LIVE!!
GREATEST TRUTH OF THE BIBLE, NOT TRUE
today we see god helps those who CANT HELP THEMSELVES
THIS IS ALL OF US IF YOU’VE PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS TO SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF!!! WE WERE ALL DEAD IN OUR SINS
Ephesians 2:4–5 (ESV)
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
SALVATION: GOD SAVED US, WHEN WE COULDN’T SAVE OURSELVES!!
example: walking into trouble on purpose
TURNING POINT in jesus ministry....
the pharisees already had a watchful eye on John the Baptist, and in the beginning of chapter 4 we saw they began to take notice of Jesus and his growing ministry, and heard his disciples were baptizing more people than John.
.INITIALLY this event John records is the start this persecution, betrayel, behind the scenes talk that gains momentum and leads to cross....trace back to this even
Where God went out of his way to bring about the cross, FOR YOU!
John 5:1–9
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
John 5:1–2 (ESV)
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.
which FEAST??: PASSOVER SPRING
FEAST OF DEDICATION, HANAKUH IN THE WINTER
FEAST OF TABERNACLES IN THE FALL, AUTUMN
JESUS went up to Jerusalem WHY.....REQUIRED
jewish males in JUDEA required to attend 3 festivals every years:
passover, pentecost, and tabernacles
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verse 2
BY THE SHEEP GATE: northeastern, named for it’s funciton, primary entrace mainly for sacrificial purposes ONLY OTHER REFERENCE IS
Nehemiah 3:1 (ESV)
1 ..the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors.
symbolisma= high priest built sheep gate where sacrifical lambs would enter the city
our HP JESUS entered juresalem as the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world through his sacrifice!!
pool called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades
BETH- esda HOUSE OF MERCY (BAIT OR BETH= HOUSE OR PLACE OF)
BETH - LEhem house of bread
BETHESDA HOUSE of mercy.....house of misery!!! at this point what its become
SKEPTICS AND DOUBTERS: THERE’S NO EVIDENCE NO ARCHEALOGOY FINDS
TELESCOPES GET BIGGER AND SHOW MORE HANDIWORK
SHOVELS GET BETTER.....NO PONTIOUS PILATE IN ROMAN HISTORY : INSCRIPTION FOUND SAYING PONTIOUS PILATE THE PROCUATOR OF JUDEA
POOL OF BETHESDA: NO 5 SIDED POOL IN JERUSALEM
PICTURES :5 sided pic
LATE 19TH CENTURY UNDER THE CHURCH OF ST. Anne
GOD IS BIG ENOUGH FOR YOUR DOUBTS!!
DOUBTERS RUN
DOUBTING THOMAS HUNG AROUND FOR A WEEK
FOR example somehting in these next verses is a constant critiscm of skeptics, yet there’s a logical answer!! READ verses 3-6 with me
John 5:3–6 (ESV)
3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
verse 4 NOT THERE!!
oldest manuscripts found do not contain this verse
kjv: not as much evidence, thousands more manuscripts that are older and more geographically diverse....thus more reliable.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
ANCIENT PEOPLE, SUPERSTITION....ANGEL STIRRED IT UP AND WHOEVER GOT THERE FIRST!!
WHAT A CRUEL WAY TO VIEW GOD’S POWER!!
GOD’S A COSMIC RICKY BOBBY…IF YOU AIN’T FIRST YOUR LAST!!!
LEGEND DEVELOPED---SUBTERRANEAN SPRINGS
16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”
5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”
INVALID: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
INVALID MAN MEETING THE ONE WITH ALL VALIDITY
the man who is powerless meeting a man with all power
the man with no strength meeting the one who has all strength
the one who is helpless meeting the one who can help in all cases
HOPELESS MEETING THE ONE WHO BRINGS ALL HOPE
HOUSE OF MISERY: IMAGINE THE DEPRESSION, IMAGINE THE WAILING,
3RD WORLD HOSPITAL
SIGHT, SOUND, SMELL
38 YEARS
DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED? SEEMSP INSULTING…BUT GET TO THE HEART
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JESUS MEETS US WHERE WE ARE,
B. HE DOESN’T LEAVE US THERE!
