Jesus Restores with Jerusalem Pool Photos (John 5:1-18)
Gary McManus, 03/15/2015Part of the Jesus Came to Restore series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
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The Bible is FOR you!
BE reminded of what is in the Bible and what
is NOT in the Bible.
We looked at “Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
That is NOT in the Bible.
Today: “God helps those who help themselves.”
That is NOT in the Bible.
John’s book shows Jesus healing at pools.
The pools were not for decoration but for
ritual cleansing.
(We’ve talked about it for three weeks.)
Ritual purity was BIG in Jesus’ day.
Jesus wasn’t big on it; Jesus said that
it was what came OUT of us that made us
unclean.
Jesus healed the man that day.
There was no discussion of faith. This is more
about JESUS than it is about faith.
Who is Jesus?
What were the man’s chances that the POOL would
heal him? Who might you guess got to the waters first?
. . .God comes to help you (us) in Jesus Christ.
By his actions, Jesus says, “My father in heaven helps the helpless.” God is at work. (See 5:17)
Popular Christianity often BLAMES the victim,
the hurting, the sick, the poor. Christianity’s representatives
often are heard to say that someone didn’t pray enough or
have enough faith.
John 5 never mentions the man’s faith yet he is healed.
(See Romans 5:8)
Jesus testifies to the Heavenly Father.
(See John 5:36, 9:3, 10:38, 14:11)
God will heal EVEN on the Sabbath!
God doesn’t wait for the “right” day.
God doesn’t wait for us to be “right.”
All things are new. Jesus came to RESTORE us.
I have spoken of Victor Marx before. . .
Victor Marx is available on youtube.com
or you may visit victormarx.com
Jesus might ask you to stand and then pick up
your bed and walk out. Restoration might take
months or years of therapy.
Restoration might take medication.
But Jesus the Messiah came to restore.
Our God is WORKING to restore people.
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