‘A Special Case.’
John 5:3-13.
a) John 5:3. Many
sick people waited by the Pool of Bethesda.
b) John 5:4. An
Angel came down and stirred the water, then the first person to go into the
stirred water got healed.
c) John 5:5. One
man who had been invalid for thirty eight years patiently waited near the
water.
d) John 5:6. Jesus
already knew that this invalid man had been there for a long time and He asked
him if he wanted to be healed.
e) John 5:7. The
invalid man told Jesus that he had no one to put him into the stirred water.
f) John 5:8. Jesus
simply said to him:-
1- Rise up.
2- Take up your bed.
3- Walk.
g) John 5:9. The
man did so, he was healed and it was on the Sabbath day.
h) John 5:10. The
Jews tried to stop him from carrying his bed because it was the Sabbath.
i) John 5:11. The
man replied that it was the Man who healed him who told him to take up his bed.
j) John 5:12. The
Jews wanted to know who this Man was.
k) John 5:13. The
man had no idea who it was that healed him. Jesus had withdrawn from the place
and crowds of people were there.
(This
QT reveals abundant Grace to me: A Special Case)
‘The
Son Of Man Came.’
Mark
10:45.
a) Not to be served.
b) To serve.
c) To give His
life as a ransom for many people.
(This Second one reveals to me Why The Son Of Man
Came)
Chris.
Thank God the Father that the Son of Man came. He came
giving us a very amazing example - He came not to be served. Many of us use the
phrase ‘serving the Lord’, do we need a re-think? He came to serve. His Serving
is an example for us to follow. Maybe instead of ‘serving the Lord’ we need to
say ‘serving the people’. This is what every servant of the Lord should do –
serve the people.
