John 5:1-24 ~ passed from death to life

John 5:1-24

5 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3

 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 

7 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 going another steps down before me.” 

8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

 

Now that day was the Sabbath. 
10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 

11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 

12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 



13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 

15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.  16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 

17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”


18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[e] does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Jesus' Temple still contains the way, 2,000 years later, to see the place of healing.

A place where the waters were stirred by God and Holy.



When water is prepared for baptism a prayer is said saying Jesus was obedient to His Father and pure. Jesus is so very interesting here - explaining how closely Jesus works with His Abba. Jesus moves because His Father has said the direction. Jesus explains He is not a wonderful man on a path we can all fully understand. Jesus is doing exactly, explicitly what His Father directs Him to do. We read in Scriptures Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee 3 times in a day. Jesus was not surfing the waves to see what the day brought. Jesus was deliberate where He was going and to what child of God Jesus would heal, converse, teach, eat with and tell us about millenniums later. Jesus was like God in the Exodus - God going forth. Like God in the Second Exile - God going forth. A Living Plan.

This explains a lot about Jesus saying abide in the Word of God and He will answer. And for His answers and for our lives, be grateful - this is the Plan of God for you - today. This is huge.

The truth is, we are all going to have times in our lives where we are not sure we will survive or endure well.

Since Genesis 1, Father God looked at His creation - the situations of God's plans, the creation, the people and God has loved us so much to give Jesus. Give Jesus. And what Father God noticed about mankind first is this - we want to judge good and evil and have an equal conversation with God. Father God comes to us - like John 21 - to make breakfast for beloved sinners. And because Zechariah told us this is the Light of the World making baked fish, we think we will whine to God of all.

Jesus is not just the Spirit of God made manifest, this Father God is so gentle, so parental, so forgiving, so loving - we feel willing and able to say what is what and how that needs to flow.





And - yet - and yet. Look at John 5. God is going to do - Exactly - Precisely - Completely - Fulfilling God's Purpose - Plan - Wisdom - of His Own Making.

Why didn't Jesus say, "Pst, I can heal you on Monday, let's set up a time." Or why didn't He say, "Hey, once you're healed, leave the pallet, someone else might need that. Okie Dokie." Ok, sounds soooo reasonable.

The Questions we want to ask God for Working on His Plan His Way

Why didn't Jesus arrive nicely to a married Mary?

Why did the Children of Israel not have God clear the path from the Shore of the Red Sea to Jerusalem?

Why did Moses hold up a serpent made to fit on a pole?

Why did it take David generations later to clear out Jerusalem?

Why couldn't Jesus have been a Senator of the Jews to the Romans and really swept up? We might have 40 Gospels.

When viewing "The Passion of the Christ", I weep to see Jesus whole again and long to say, "Don't Go!" I want to know what John could have written. And that explains being - human. I want to tell God my plan for God's Plans. (And we will know this in Jesus Christ when He presents His Kingdom to us in His manner and His time! God is Good.)


John 5 is a very amazing explanation - of - God being ...God.

… Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1: 21

  …His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty God,
 …The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace Isaiah 9:6

… God hath made that same Jesus… both Lord & Christ Acts 2:36

…Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! John 1:29

…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, the song of The Lamb Revelation 15:3

…Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah Revelation 5:5


..and the Bright & Morning Star Revelation 22:16


..and our hands have handled, of the Word of Life 1 John 1:1


…we have and advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous 1 John 2:1


…whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke 1:78


…Before Abraham, I Am. John 8:58


…And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. John 1: 34

…are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25


…We have found the Messiah which, is being interpreted, the Christ. John 1:41


…I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6


…through the knowledge of the Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. II Peter 2: 20

..a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Revelation 19:16

…I am the Light of the World. John 8:12

…The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world… John 1:9

…I am Alpha & Omega the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come

The Almighty Revelation 1:8

Luke 2:10
 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

Our Abba,

You told us in Luke 3 to be content with our lives.

You are mighty. The strap of whose sandal we are not worthy to untie. You comfort and love us, guiding us and leading us - You inspire with the Fire of the Holy Spirit. Gathering us like wheat into Your barn. Your Words explain Your nature and our frailties.

When Jesus was obedient to You, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in bodily form, like a dove; and a Voice came from Heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

By Your Very Word - we have Life. And join the Family of God. The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand.

Help our Nation to find blessing in Your sight. You are mighty, we are many and frail mortals. Who would ask You to Shine Your Light upon these generations.

Bless our Churches to be supplied with Your Power and Love.

Bless our Communities to have peace and hope, with faith spoken of more easily.

Bless our workplaces to have innovations and reward. Prosper the companies doing pleasing work in Your eyes.

Bless our Neighborhoods to have conversation instead of television. Bless us to have worthy entertainment and to enjoy working with our hands and minds.

We ask You to Lift up the Ones we Love to You. Send Your Love to enrich our lives. We lift up doctor visits, and important decisions that are the cares and concerns of those we Love and pray for. Leaning in Expectation to Jesus who so easily carried Peter. Thanking You for working with sinners, covered in the Name of Jesus. Not treating You as our Waiter and Giving instead Genuine Love. Let the Warmth of Jesus Christ inspire us all again!!! Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †