Poolside Miracle
Exodus 15:26 ASV, Psalm 33:6-9 ASV, John 5:1-9 ASV, John 10:27 ASV and 2 Corinthians 5:17 ASV
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesada and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disaWHAT IS YOUR " HANDICAP "?When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be well.”JESUS OFFERS A CHANCE TO CHANGEFor I am the Lord, who heals you.Jehovah Rapha – The Lord our " Healer "HOW " BIG " IS YOUR GOD?Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; for he spoke, and it came to be...GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PROBLEMWHAT IS GOD " TELLING " YOU TO DO?Then Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your mat and walk. At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked...OBEDIENCE PRECEDES THE MIRACULOUSTake off your sandals...Exodus 3:5Make yourself an ark...Genesis 6:14Dip seven times...2 Kings 5:10 Come...Matthew 14:29Go wash off the mud...John 9:7My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!Life Group QuestionsAre you handicapped? If so, what is the handicap in your life that no one can see?Do you suffer from the small God, BIG problems syndrome? If so, please explain.Give an example of “obedience precedes the