March 13, 2022
Miracle #3: Paralyzed by the Pool of Bethesda
(John 5:1-9 NIV) 1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” 8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The Longer Problems Persist
- The more _____________ you become.
(John 5:5 NIV) One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
- The more ___________ you make.
(John 5:7 NIV) “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
- The more you learn to ____________.
(John 5:8-9 NIV) Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
- He didn’t _______________________.
- He didn’t _______________________.
- Healing didn’t happen _____________________________.
Getting Well Again
1. I am not _______________.
(Proverbs 23:7 NKJV) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
(2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV) Whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.”
2. They are not ________________.
(Ephesians 6:12 ERV) Our fight is not against people on earth…We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places.
3. My life has _________________________.
(Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT) God has made everything beautiful for its own time.
4. I must ___________, and then __________ _______________.
(Philippians 2:12-13 NLT) Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
(2 Corinthians 2:9 NIV) My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
(John 5:10-15 NIV) The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.” 11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ” 12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?” 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Do you want to _____________?