Unheeded Miracles
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The healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
Jesus is Equal with God
The Authority of the Son
Witnesses to Jesus
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
Jesus Walks on Water
I Am the Bread of Life
The Words of Eternal Life
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Conflict
Conflict with Jesus and the Jewish authorities begin to escalate.
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?” 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.” Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
Now that day was the Sabbath.
John 5:6-
How exactly did Jesus cure the paralytic man? What was significant about this?
Jesus asks the man.
Jesus demonstrates His authority over illness by telling the man to get up, take his bed, and walk.
How did the Jews react to this remarkable miracle? Why?
So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”
John 5:
The Jewish authorities viewed this miracle as a violation of the Sabbath Command.
The authorities embraced the rabbinical oral tradition which had developed over time expanding the definition of “work” to include almost every activity.
What four witnesses did Jesus cite as testifying to His identity as the Messiah/Son of God?
John the Baptist
The works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. (v. 36)
The Father
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What dangers of organized religion does this passage in Matthew highlight?
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
John 5:16
John 5:
This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
Organized religion can add to and modify the actual meaning of God’s Word. Constant study and genuine interpretation of God’s Word is critical.
What was the reaction of the masses to Christ’s feeding of the five thousand? In what ways is this still a common response to Jesus?
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
John 6:
They misunderstood who Jesus was/is and attempted to make him a political king. This followed their preconceived notions.
It is easy to misunderstand Jesus and His teachings—to be led astray from the meaning of God’s written revelation.
What did Jesus mean by “I am the bread of life”?
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
John 6:
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 6
Jesus is the “bread of life” in the sense that he nourishes people spiritually and satisfies the deep spiritual longings of their souls. In that sense, those who trust in him shall not hunger; that is, their spiritual longing to know God will be satisfied (cf. John 4:14 for a similar discussion of satisfying people’s spiritual thirst).