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God is at work, not just healing physically but teaching and healing us spiritually and religiously.\u00a0\u00a0God wants all of your ways and all of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n Verses 5-16 – Jesus really asked a man who was sick for 38 years if he wanted to be made whole.\u00a0\u00a0The man answered how can I?\u00a0\u00a0Here he is waiting for an angel to touch the water so he could jump in; Jesus said nothing about this pool.\u00a0\u00a0But now after 38 years the healing stands before him.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus than heals the man.\u00a0\u00a0How wonderful for a condition of 38 years to be changed in a moment.\u00a0\u00a0But, Instead of everyone being excited the Jews where mad because it was on the Sabbath day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two things hit me through this.\u00a0\u00a0One, I tend to want Jesus to follow my way of thinking.\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes Jesus works in another way and I analyze instead of celebrate.\u00a0\u00a0Help me Lord to celebrate where you are at work!\u00a0\u00a0Secondly, Jesus withdrew himself from all the others needing to be healed.\u00a0\u00a0You know when this man got healed, outside the water by Jesus, everyone came running.\u00a0\u00a0Why this man?\u00a0\u00a0Why not everyone else?\u00a0\u00a0We don\u2019t know but we should be able to celebrate where we are and when God works in someone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Did you catch the admonition from Christ, \u201cSin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you\u201d?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus expects us to turn from our sins.\u00a0\u00a0Why?\u00a0\u00a0He lines out His authority in the following verses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Verse 18 – Jesus teaches He is God and equal to God.\u00a0\u00a0The trinity is taught throughout scripture, where God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit are one God but in three persons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We can spend weeks on the following verses where Jesus teaches.\u00a0\u00a0But let me point out how we should honor God in Verse 23.\u00a0\u00a0We should believe His words, verse 24. We should understand Jesus will judge, verse 27.\u00a0\u00a0We should seek God\u2019s will not our own, Verse 30. We should search the scriptures in verse 39.\u00a0\u00a0The point is clear, God should be our life.\u00a0\u00a0We do not just accept Christ for redemption and go back to living a normal life.\u00a0\u00a0But our normal life becomes consumed with the power, grace, love and Word of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Keep reading; remember there will be time to catch up during the end of the month.\u00a0\u00a0God is changing you as you become spiritually stronger through the eating of this spiritual food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\nKeep Reading and share your thoughts and questions.
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