Title: Rise and walk / John 5:1-9
Get up and walk
Text John 5 1-9
Many people gather by the Bethesda Pond.
There are five pavilions by the Pond of Bethesda by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem.
Bethesda means ‘House of Mercy’.
According to the Bible, there are many patients who are blind in this sanctuary.
People, people who cannot walk, people who suffer from exhaustion, etc. As it is a gathering place for all patients, people suffering from various diseases are gathered there.
Why are they gathering? It is because they are gathered by the pond to be cured in the hope that they can be cured.
There is a legend about this Bethesda pond. That legend is sometimes in this pond
An angel comes down and stirs the water of this pond, and when the water is stirred, whoever
There is a legend that if you jump into the water first, the disease will be healed, so today many patients gather to look at the pond, hoping that the disease will be cured.
Originally, there was no disease when God created man.
This disease was caused by human sin, and the greater the number of sins, the more
You can see that the disease has also increased.
In Deuteronomy 28, when we do not obey God's word, God places a curse on us.
He got off, and one of them was sick.
(Deuteronomy 28:21) The LORD will make you sick with a plague, so you
(Deuteronomy 28:22) And the LORD will smite you with plagues and fevers and bruises and hardships and droughts and winds and rotting plagues;
If you want to be healed of this disease and receive the blessing of health, first stand upright before God.
The Bible tells us to live a life of obedience to the Word.
In addition, in the Bible, not only God heals, but in Jeremiah 33:6,
(Jeremiah 33:6) But behold, I will heal this city, and I will heal and make it well, and I will bring to them peace and abundance of faithfulness
Said. Our God doesn't just heal the sick.
Please believe that He is a God who heals sick people and even sick people.
Of course, there is no disease at all in that heaven, the eternal home we will return to.
(Isaiah 11:6) In those days the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the young lion and the fat
The beasts will be with them and they will be drawn to the little ones (Isa 11:7), cows and bears will eat together, their young will lie down together, and lions will eat grass like oxen (Isa 11:8), and suckling children will come out of the viper's burrows. A playful and weaned child will put his hand into the den of vipers (Isaiah 11:9) And there shall be no harm and no harm in all my holy mountain, as the waters cover the sea.
For the knowledge of the LORD will fill the world.
Those who have been sick realize how important health is to us.
In the words of Jeong Tae-soo, chairman of the Hanbo Group, who is currently under arrest,
Money can be borrowed from the bank, but health cannot be borrowed.
At the age of 74, Jeong, who is suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, is maintaining good health despite being investigated by the prosecution. According to the attending physician, Jeong Tae-soo had been suffering from 4 or 5 diseases for 15 years.
Jung's health is maintained through drug treatment, diet, and even during the investigation.
It's because he doesn't neglect exercise. Even now he eats
A thorough diabetic diet without oil and salt with meals prepared at home
are said to be doing. Three meals a day without skipping a single meal
It is said that the rice bowl is emptied cleanly. Even in the prosecutor's office, he often goes around and tries to maintain the minimum amount of exercise, so he tries to keep his body healthy, so he can see how he maintains his health even during diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart angina and arrhythmia.
I guess.
There were many sicknesses in the Jewish nation at the time of Jesus, so this pool of Bethesda was full of sick people.
One day, as Jesus was passing by the Bethesda pool, he saw a poor patient.
(John 5:5) There was a man who was thirty-eight years old.
This patient has been ill for so long that he cannot even move his body.
I was in such a bad situation.
This man was in a desperate state.
No matter how old he is, he has spent his whole life suffering from disease.
You can tell that he is a person who has lived his life.
(John 5:6) When Jesus saw him lying down, he was already ill.
Knowing that it has been a long time, he said to him, Do you want to get well?
Jesus came to him and how are you sick? and didn't ask.
When did you get the disease? I didn't even ask.
Because Jesus already knew his condition.
God knows everything about us.
(Matthew 10:29) Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? But not one of them will fall to the ground unless your Father permits it.
(Matthew 10:30) Even the hairs of your head have been numbered.
God who knows our circumstances knows what we are in.
He is the God who counts even the hairs of our heads.
That is why God knows what we need.
God knows the way we must go
what our difficulties were
We all know where we hurt.
So Jesus said to this sick man, where are you sick? How long have you been sick ? ' He did not ask, but asked, "Do you want to get well?"
(John 5:7) The sick man answered, "Lord, when the water rises, there is no one to put me in the pool; while I am going, another goes down first."
If you look carefully at his words
Yes! Lord! I want to get better. and longing for him to get well
The reason I have been like this until now is that there is no one by my side to help me, so I am lying here until now. because it says
You can see that he is speaking as an excuse for not being able to heal his illness.
He was in a desperate state. In the early days of his illness, he must have had someone to look after him. However, after 10 or 20 years have passed, he has all left his side, and now he is in a desperate state where no one cares for him, and he himself has no hope, and now you can see that he is in a desperate state without any faith or hope. Nevertheless, Jesus took pity on him in his desperate state and gave him new life by his power.
This 38-year-old sick man is paralyzed not only in his body but also in his will, and is spiritually helpless, which illustrates the miserable spiritual condition of such a people of Israel. He was very similar to the Israelites, who complained about God's grace without realizing God's grace when he saw that Jesus only complained about his misfortune in the words of Jesus asking if he wanted to get better.
Dear saints,
Couldn't you possibly find yourself in this 38-year-old saint?
We have lived by God's grace until now and we are still living in God's grace, but we do not have real hope in our lives.
Without hope and hope that God will help me now
A saint who only thinks as far as you can think.
So are our future plans. No hope for God's help
Am I not in the state of being in the plan as far as I can do?
But our Lord had pity on these people, and there was no hope at all.
He healed him by the power of the Lord.
(John 5:8) Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your bed and walk.” (John 5:9) Immediately the man got well and took up his bed.
Walk away, for this day is the Sabbath
Today Jesus came to find this sick man.
Byungja Lee was in a situation where he could not find the Lord on his own.
To such a sick person, the Lord first came to Himself.
This 38-year-old sick man is spiritually helpless who has paralyzed not only his body but also his will.
In this way, all human beings who are apart from God will be like a sick person who is 38 years old.
They are bound by the sin of being unable to do anything on their own.
No man today can attain salvation on his own.
Salvation cannot be achieved by any good deeds, religion, or philosophy.
In this way we cannot but perish in sin
God gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to save us who are sinners.
sent to this earth.
We didn't meet Jesus by going looking for him.
Jesus came to us first.
Here we come to realize the great grace and love of Jesus.
Jesus came to find me, who had no choice but to die because of my sins.
Jesus gave me a new name. Only this Jesus is my life
I am sure it will be my hope.
As we remember the great grace that the Lord has given us every day,
May you live your life giving thanks for that great love!
Jesus, who is light and life, heals such a sick person as the Messiah had foretold.
He came to this earth to give eternal life to sinners as part of his ministry, and to forgive the sins of all sinners by dying on the cross.
It can be seen that it foreshadows the work of redemption.
Here we also must not forget
We realize the omnipotence of Jesus in the Word.
(John 5:8) Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your bed and walk.” (John 5:9) Immediately the man got well and took up his bed.
walk away
God who created the heavens and the earth with words alone Jesus made wine from water
As Jesus spoke, a miracle occurred when a 38-year-old man was healed and stood up.
When Jesus spoke, Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, came back to life and was healed. In the same way, there is power in the word of the Lord.
Dear saints,
The Almighty Lord is our Lord.
Now, the Lord is well aware of our situation and circumstances.
The Lord knows our problems and desires.
When the Lord who raised the 38-year-old sick man is with me today
Please believe that my problem is solved.
I hope you will live by the faith that entrusts everything to the Lord.
Step by step, we entrust our steps to the Lord
I believe that when we live with the Lord, all things will surely prosper in the Lord.
We want to entrust our lives completely to the Lord.
Whatever you do, live for the glory of the Lord.
(John 15:16) You did not choose me, but I
I have chosen and established it so that you may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may abid, that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.