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COME OUT OF YOUR RUT

INTRODUCTION

LIFE IS FULL OF RUTS, BUT IT IS SO EASY TO FIND YOURSELF IN A RUT. THE PROBLEM WITH RUTS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO COME OUT OF THEM.

JESUS HAD APPROACH THE IMPOTENT MAN WHO HAD BEEN IN A RUT FOR THIRTY EIGHT YEARS, AND WHAT ATTRACTED JESUS TO HIM WAS HIS COMPASSION TO MEET HIM RIGHT WERE HE WAS.

WHAT JESUS COULD SEE ABOUT THIS MAN WAS HE HAD GIVING UP HOPE TO WALK AGAIN.

THIS MAN DREAMS WAS FAR FROM HIS REALITY TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO WALK AGAIN THINGS IN HIS LIFE HAD TO CHANGE.

JESUS QUESTION TO THIS MAN WAS WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE? THIS QUESTION HAD NOTHING TO DO WHAT JESUS CAN DO, BUT WHAT THIS MAN WAS WILLING TO DO TO COME OUT HIS RUT.

JESUS GAVE THE IMPOTENT MAN THREE WAYS THAT HE CAN COME OUT OF HIS RUT.

HE MUST BE HONEST WHERE HE ARE.

HE NEED TO STOP WAITING ON SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, BUT MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

WE MUST HAVE FAITH IN JESUS.

A. WE MUST BE HONEST WHERE WE ARE.

WHEN JESUS ASK THE QUESTION TO THE MAN WHO WAS IMPOTENT FOR THIRTY EIGHT YEARS, WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THIS MAN WAS NOT HONEST TO HIMSELF OR TO JESUS .

SO MANY OF US THINK JUST LIKE THIS IMPOTENT MAN TRYING TO HANDLE THINGS ON OUR OWN, WHEN DEEP WITHIN OURSELVES WE ARE YEARNING FOR HELP.

IT WAS JESUS WHO INITIATED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IMPOTENT MAN.

SOME OF US WOULD RATHER MAKE OTHER’S FEEL THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SITUATIONS INSTEAD OF REACHING OUT FOR HELP. WE DON’T WANT OTHERS TO THINK THAT WE ARE WEAK.

WHEN THIS HAPPEN IT’S HARD TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF OR JESUS.

IN ORDER FOR YOU TO COME OUT OF YOUR RUTS , YOU MUST FACE WHERE YOU AT AND BELIEVE THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU GOING TO STAY.

IT IS NOT LIKE JESUS DON’T KNOW WHERE WE AT, BUT THEIR ARE TIMES WHERE HE HAVE TO PUSH US TO MOVE FROM WHERE WE AT.

HEBREWS 4:15 FOR WE HAVE NOT AN HIGH PRIEST WHICH CANNOT BE TOUCHED WITH THE FEELINGS OF OUR INFIRMITIES; BUT WAS IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED LIKE AS WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN.

B. IN ORDER FOR US TO COME OUT OF A RUT WE NEED TO STOP WAITING ON SOME IDEA SITUATION TO HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES.

LOOK AT THE IMPOTENT MAN RESPONSE TO JESUS. HE SAID THAT HE WAS ALL ALONE WITH NO FAMILY OR FRIENDS TO HELP HIM GET INTO THE POOL FOR HEALING .

HIS FOCUS WAS MORE ON GETTING IN THE POOL FOR HEALING INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON JESUS WHO CAN MAKE HIM WHOLE. YOU CAN GET HEALING ‘ BUT IF THEIR IS NO WHOLENESS WITH THE HEALING, YOU WILL STILL HAVE A OPEN WOUND JUST COVERED UP.

WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE WHOLENESS YOUR HEART IS RIGHT BEFORE JESUS AND YOUR MIND HAS EXPERIENCE PEACE OF GOD AND YOUR FAITH IN JESUS CAUSES YOUR BODY TO RESPOND TO HIS WORD.

AND BY HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED.’’

ROMAN 5:6 FOR WHEN WE WERE YET WITHOUT STRENGTH , IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.

C. WE MUST HAVE FAITH IN JESUS IF WE EXPECT TO COME OUT OF OUR RUTS.

WE MUST HEED THE VOICE OF JESUS AND REACT UPON WHAT HE SAYS , SO THAT THE SPIRIT OF DOUBT OR UNCERTAINTY DO NOT ENTER INTO OUR HEARTS.

NOTICE JESUS TOLD THE IMPOTENT MAN TO GET UP FROM WERE YOU AT AND COME FORTH.

TO MANY OF US WHEN WE ARE IN A RUT WE STAY IN IT TOO LONG, BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEE A WAY OUT OF IT.,

BUT OUR JESUS IS A WAY MAKER AND HE HAS THE POWER TO LIFT US OUT ANY SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN.

SOME INSTANCES YOU HAVE TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU CAN WALK, BUT THIS CASE THIS MAN HAS BEEN CRAWLING FOR THIRTY EIGHT YEARS, AND JESUS SAID IT’S TIME TO WALK NOW.

SOME OF US ARE STILL CRAWLING AND STILL STUCK IN A RUT.

IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO WALK INTO YOUR WHOLENESS. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE?