Christ's Impossible Commands
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The document discusses the healing of a man at the Pool of Bethesda as described in John 5:1-16, emphasizing Jesus' role in the miracle and the subsequent conflict with the Jews over the Sabbath. Jesus asks the man if he wants to be made well and commands him to take up his bed and walk, leading to his healing. This act of healing on the Sabbath prompts persecution of Jesus by the Jewish authorities for breaking Sabbath laws.
Christ's Impossible Commands
- 1. John 5:1-16
- 2. The Purpose of John’s Gospel "And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." John 20:30,31
- 3. After 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, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
- 4. 4For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he
- 5. already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”.
- 6. 9And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. 10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” 11He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, „Take up your bed and walk.‟ ”
- 7. 12Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, „Take up your bed and walk‟?” 13But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well.
- 8. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” 15The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
- 9. 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 1. The Time:
- 10. 1. The Time: • “after this” • “a feast of the Jews”
- 11. 5:1-2 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 2. The Place:
- 12. 2. The Place:
- 13. 2. The Place: • “the sheep gate”
- 14. 2. The Place: • “the sheep gate” • “Bethseda”
- 15. 2. The Place: • “the sheep gate” • “Bethseda” • “having five porches”
- 16. 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
- 17. 1. The “impotent”= “infirm, feeble, unable to achieve anything great, destitute of power, sluggish in doing right”
- 18. 1. The “impotent” 2. The “blind”
- 19. 1. The “impotent” 2. The “blind” 3. The “lame”
- 20. 1. The “impotent” 2. The “blind” 3. The “lame” 4. The “paralyzed”
- 21. 1. The “impotent” 2. The “blind” 3. The “lame” 4. The “paralyzed” 5. The “waiting”
- 22. Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
- 23. 1. His Mercy
- 24. When Jesus saw him lying there…
- 25. 1. His Mercy 2. His Omniscience
- 26. When Jesus saw him…and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time…
- 27. 1. His Mercy 2. His Omniscience 3. His Initiative
- 28. When Jesus saw him…knew…He said to him…
- 29. 1. His Mercy 2. His Omniscience 3. His Initiative 4. His Question
- 30. When Jesus saw him…knew…He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
- 31. The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
- 32. 1. His Mercy 2. His Omniscience 3. His Initiative 4. His Question 5. His “Impossible” Commands
- 33. Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”. “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
- 34. 1. The Man‟s Obedience 2. The Man‟s Healing
- 35. And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
- 36. 1. With the once impotent man
- 37. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” 11He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, „Take up your bed and walk.‟ ”
- 38. Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, „Take up your bed and walk‟?” 13But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
- 39. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.” 15The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- 40. 1. With the once impotent man 2. With Jesus
- 41. For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
- 42. • Sought Jesus • Pleaded for help • Expressed the miracle privately • No sin mentioned • Man was motivated to believe Nobleman Invalid • Jesus sought him • Jesus asked if he wanted help • Jesus healed publicly • Jesus mentioned sin • Jesus worked without the man‟s belief