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Back to Judea again
Jesus ministry thus far is on the move.
From Jerusalem in Judea to Samaria on the way to Cana of Galilee, to Capernum.
Now heading back to Jerusalem.
Jesus divine timetable and encounters continue.
From the baptism to fulfill prophesy (chpt.
1)
To the calling of disciples who would become apostles (chpt.
1)
To the miracle in Cana of Galilee (chpt.
2)
To a private encounter with Nicodemus (chpt.
3)
To an exit from Judea again to Samaria (chpt.
4)
Now, tonight back to Jerusalem.
So, here tonight I hope, plan, we will see how far we get to look at:
The passage (Jn5:1-15)
The pool (vv.1-4)
The question (vv.5-6)
The reply (vv.7-9)
The controversy (vv.10-13)
The warning (vv.14-15)
The Text
Simply Christians study and glean from God’s word and that is what we will do together.
Then will get to look at what we can see, learn from the passage.
Anything stick out in this passage?
Why was Jesus going back to Jerusalem (v.1)?
The feast they are going back for is unknown, and it is insignificant to the divine appointment and teaching that is going to happen.
What gate was the pool located, and what was it called (v.2)?
Sheep gate and called Bethesda
Who was at the pool, and why were they there (vv.3-4)?
multitude of sick
Desiring to be made well when an angel stirred the waters
How long Had the man been ill (v.5)?
38 years
What was Jesus question (v.6)?
Do you want to get well
What was the man’s response (v.7)?
No man will put me into the pool.
What was Jesus words (v.8)?
Get up! Pick up, walk!
What did the man do (v.9)?
He immediately picked up his pallet/bed, and began to walk
Who accused the man of breaking the Sabbath, and why (v.10)?
The Jews, for carrying his bed
Did the man know who healed him (vv.11-13)?
No, he did not
There is an implication by Jesus in (v.14), what is it, and why is it said?
Go and sin no more, so that he was a sinner
What did the man do after that (v.15)?
He told the Jews it was Jesus who had made him well.
That is just a brief gleaning of the scripture so that we pull the facts now we can build from there.
The Pool
Jesus was in Jerusalem for a purpose, more than just the feast (v.1);
He had a divine purpose at this pool.
It is believed the name meant “house of mercy” or “House of grace” it is also said that is meant “place of two outpourings”
The pool was located at the NW corner of the city (see Neh3:1, 12:39).
Maybe John recorded the gate because Jesus was already identified as the “lamb of God.”
This pool has been excavated now and commentator Alford says “St. John wrote his Gospel before the destruction of Jerusalem.
But this must not be pressed.
He might have spoken in present tense without meaning to be literally accurate with regard to the moment when he was writing.”
There was much hope in the multitude or they would not be there daily waiting for an angel to stir up the water and for them to get a healing.
Now, your bible may be missing a part (v.3) and (v.4) some manuscripts did not have it, but the earliest MSS showing these two verses are by Tertullian in 2nd Century.
The bible mentions many unusual healings, this is just one of them, so others were
By pot of stew (2Kng4:38-41)
By dipping in river Jordan (2Kng5:10-14)
Touching dead bones of Elisha (2Kng13:20-21)
A falling shadow of Peter (Act5:14-16)
Touching Paul’s handkerchief (Act19:11-12)
God can do extraordinary things in unexpected ways.
But not all out of the ordinary things are from God (i.e.
Pharaoh's magicians; Simon the Sorcerer).
The Question
Jesus on divine time schedule, with divine appointments is very intentional in everything He does.
We see some intentionality here in His question.
I like the way the NKJV says it
A certain man - divine appointment
You can also see that Jesus sought out the man
While there was a multitude of people, Jesus sought out this man.
Spurgeon said this
“A blindness had come over these people at the pool; there they were, and there was the Christ, the one who could heal them.
But, not a single one of them sought Him.
Their eyes were fixed on the water, expecting it to be troubled, stirred up; they were so taken up with their own chosen way that they neglected the true way.”
Waiting, they were all waiting, but you know what, people even today are waiting.
Waiting for a convenient season to choose Jesus
Waiting to see signs, wonders before will choose Jesus.
Waiting for something to compel them, or move them, some emotional experience or feeling before surrendering to Jesus.
Jesus knew the condition of the man for a long time.
The certain man had been waiting a long time, how would you think he would answer the question?
The answer is obvious what it should be, but is the answer coupled with hope, with faith, with trust?
This man seemed to really display no hope, just excuses.
The Reply
Not the reply that you would expect from a man in this state for 38 years.
The man gave excuses, did not say “yes.”
The man was limiting God
The man thought the healing was in the water; and only for the one who gets in first when the water is stirred up.
Did we think at one time there was something we had to do for God to heal us, deliver us, save us?
Do we know people who think “God if He knew what I have done would want nothing to do with me.”
Or I better get cleaned up, then I will get God.
Yet Jesus told him what to do, and the man did it!
Jesus, who spoke the world into existence (Gen1:1); Jesus who had the words of of eternal life (Jn6:68) whose words was God and was with God (Jn1:1-3) spoke to the certain man.
The man immediately got up.
He had a measure of faith, not in Jesus but in the words that Jesus spoke.
God can heal in many fashions and many ways.
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