Today, we’re looking at John 5 to see the story of Jesus healing a crippled man at the pool of Bethesda. We’ll see a man who couldn’t walk for 38 years and what happens when Jesus tells him, “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” And despite the great miracle, the religious Jews became angry—leading Jesus to one of His many claims to deity. That’s all coming up in this episode of the Following Jesus podcast.

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0:00 Introduction

1:41 Have you ever waited for something for a really long time?

4:10 The pool of Bethesda

7:08 The powerlessness of a certain man

11:41 The power of Jesus

14:32 Stop counting on things outside of God to save you.

16:19 God used his waiting, and turned it into a testimony.

18:49 The protest of the Jews—controversy over working on the sabbath

20:53 The sabbath day is not commanded for us today.

22:25 What’s so sad about the man who was healed at the Pool of Bethesda

24:02 Don’t get upset when Jesus does things that are not on your terms.

28:02 The proclamation of Jesus & clarifications about the deity of Jesus and the Trinity

32:15 Practical takeaways from this story

Bible passages used in this episode:

John 5:1-10, Exodus 20:8-10, Colossians 2:16, Romans 14:5, Matthew 12:10-14, John 5:11-18, John 10:30

All verses are in the King James Version (KJV).

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