2017-03-26_DW_Sermon Outline

SERMON

OUTLINE

Marc h 2 6, 2 0 1 7 | J o hn 5 :1 -9 | R e v. David William s o n

Somethin’ in the Water

See What God Can Do…When You’re Desperate for Change

I. A Simple Question: “Do you want to be ________ _____________?”

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What does wellness look like for you?

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Where does it come from?

II. The Evasive Response: “Sir, I have no one to ________ ________.”

We all cling to a __________--sometimes at the expense of our wellness. What must you let go of before you can find wellness?

III. The Decisive Action: “Get up! _______ ______ your mat and walk!”

The challenge of _________: We can __________ _________ to merit our healing.

The gift of _____________: Jesus frees to do the things we thought we ________ _______ _______.

S C R I P T U R E John 5:1-9 After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The 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 making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.