John 5:5,6 - Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” This poor paralyzed man was really without hope. He had …
POOL OF BETHESDA
John 5:2,3 - Inside the city near the Sheep Gate there is a pool called in Aramaic, The House of Loving Kindness....Hundreds of sick people were lying there on the porches—the paralyzed, the blind, and the crippled, all of them waiting for their healing. This story of the miracle pool of water called Bethesda has …
RISE UP AND WALK
Jn.5:8 - Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” Only Jesus tells us to do things that we could never possibly do. This reminds me of the famous words of Augustine, “Lord, command what you will but give what you command”. This man could not possibly walk but he was commanded …
HOW LONG ?
Jn.5:5,6 - Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” How much longer do I have to wait? The man in …
RAYS OF PASSION
Jn.5:35 - He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. We are currently living in a brand new prophetic day. Today’s verse is the Lord Jesus describing the amazing transitional ministry of John the Baptist. You could say the Old Testament days were …
ON FIRE
Jn.5:35 - He was a burning and a shining light. Christians have a whole different dialect than the rest of the world. I remember being mesmerized by this new language when I first became a Christian. I remember terms like “God spoke to me”, or talking about being “worldly” or “carnal”. One of those terms …
BURNING AND SHINING LIGHT
Jn. 5:35 - He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. This was the amazing statement Jesus made about the great prophet, John the Baptist. Jesus was describing the spiritual nature of this mighty man of God. Jesus said John was like fire, burning …
THE FATHER LOVES THE SON
Matt.17:9 - And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!” Jn.5:20 - For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; When the Lord spoke from heaven at the Transfiguration it was …
THE LAND OF THE LIVING
John 5:24 ¶ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. The miracles of Jesus give us a glimpse into the eternal world. In John 5 Jesus healed a …
STEP ON IN
John 5:2-4 - Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and …