John 5
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The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[SUP]a[/SUP] called Bethesda,[SUP]b[/SUP] which has five roofed colonnades. 3In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.[SUP]c[/SUP] 5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him,“Do you want to be healed?” 7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
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This is not mine, I wish I had the insite
A man has been lame for 38 years, average lifespan of 40 years. Whole life watching others get healed and take his spot.
What do you think he thought after 10 years? 20? 30?
Living in his own filth, unable to really move. Jesus Asks - Do you want to be healed?
How much sin is there in our lives, that we get to the point where we have no hope of a lasting victory?
If Jesus was to ask you honestly "Do you even want this anymore? To be healed?" what would you say.
I found this comforting
Why it's hard to hope
1) Hassle to hope
people suck hope from you
2) Hard to hope
you have to work at hope, you don't have to work at being negative
3)It hurts to hope
Hope deferred makes the heart sick
To be vulnerable to God, and people letting me down
you can become so hard hearted and uncaring, that you just don't even care, your not even asking anymore
Man that is raw...
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[TD]English Standard Version
The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[SUP]a[/SUP] called Bethesda,[SUP]b[/SUP] which has five roofed colonnades. 3In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.[SUP]c[/SUP] 5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him,“Do you want to be healed?” 7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
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This is not mine, I wish I had the insite
A man has been lame for 38 years, average lifespan of 40 years. Whole life watching others get healed and take his spot.
What do you think he thought after 10 years? 20? 30?
Living in his own filth, unable to really move. Jesus Asks - Do you want to be healed?
How much sin is there in our lives, that we get to the point where we have no hope of a lasting victory?
If Jesus was to ask you honestly "Do you even want this anymore? To be healed?" what would you say.
I found this comforting
Why it's hard to hope
1) Hassle to hope
people suck hope from you
2) Hard to hope
you have to work at hope, you don't have to work at being negative
3)It hurts to hope
Hope deferred makes the heart sick
To be vulnerable to God, and people letting me down
you can become so hard hearted and uncaring, that you just don't even care, your not even asking anymore
Man that is raw...
