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Marc h 2 6, 2 0 1 7 | Jo hn 5 :1 -9 | R e v. Ro b Fu q uay
Somethin’ in the Water
See What God Can Do…When You’re Desperate for Change Background --Sheep Gate
--The superstition (v.4?)
RECEIVING GOD’S HELP TO HEAL A. Trust That God Is _______________________________ “Jes us went to Jerus alem for a religious festival. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerus alem there is a pool with five porches ; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha…The day this happened was a Sabbath.” (v.1-2,9)
B. Resist Forming a ________________________________ “(Jes us ) as ked him, ‘Do you want to get well?” (v.6)
C. Bring to God My _________________ Rather than My ____________________. “Sir,’ ans wered the man, ‘I have no one to help me into the pool…” (v.7)
D. Obey __________________________ “Then Jes us s aid to him, ‘Get up!...At once the man was cured…” (v. 8-9)
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.