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JOhn 5:1-
Verses 1-9a
Here Jesus is back in Jerusalem and He chooses a man by the Pool of Bethesda to heal on Saturday; the Sabbath or the Jews holy day.
Others were near the pool in need of healing; why do you think Jesus chose this man?
We saw Jesus focus on individuals earlier too, like the woman at the well.
This is probably for the benefit of the individual as well as us.
Do you think Jesus is focused on individuals today?
This man had been lame for 38 years but now he is picked out of many to be healed; that is God’s sovereign grace and I believe it is the same in our salvation.
We are individuals that He freely gives the gift eternal life in Heaven with Him; we should not squander that.
We tend to think that time produces hopelessness.
Surely the longer a person is sick, the less likely that he or she will get well.
The longer a person has lived in sin, the less likely that person will come to Christ.
We have all the statistics to show that we must win people to Christ when they are young or the chances diminish.
The argument is sound on the basis of what we know, bolstered by human experience.
But God is the master of difficult situations just like this one.
What is humanly impossible, God loves to do.
Perhaps Jesus intentionally chose the veteran Bethesda-pool invalid to prove his divine grace.
Even today God may choose difficult people through whom he will prove his grace.
Jesus could have helped the guy get in the pool but instead He showed His divine power by telling him to pick up his mat and walk!!
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Sought Jesus
Jesus sought him
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Jesus asked if he wanted help
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Jesus healed publicly
No sin mentioned
Jesus mentioned sin
Man was motivated to believe
Jesus worked without the man’s belief
How is this different from the Royal Official in chapter 4?
Verses 9b-15
It was unlawful for the man to carry his mat on the sabbath and the Pharisees got upset.
They completely ignored the power of Jesus.
This is because they wanted rules not grace and they wanted to brag about what they did to be on God’s good side.
Verses 18-24
The Pharisees are upset by Jesus breaking their rules on the Sabbath but in reality He did not sin against God.
Do we as modern day Christians focus on made up rules to set ourselves on a pedestal and allow ourselves to look down on others?
John 5:25-
Why doesn’t Jesus testify about Himself?
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