1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:34,265 Philippians, it says, wherefore God hath also highly exalted 2 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:36,409 him, talking about Jesus and given 3 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:38,145 him a name which is above every name, 4 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:40,049 that at the name of Jesus, every 5 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:42,989 knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess 6 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:44,969 that he is Lord. 7 00:00:45,009 --> 00:00:45,673 Amen. 8 00:00:45,841 --> 00:00:47,521 If you wasn't in your bibles this morning, turn to the book of 9 00:00:45,841 --> 00:00:47,849 John. 10 00:00:47,929 --> 00:00:48,929 John, chapter five. 11 00:00:48,969 --> 00:00:50,049 We're going to continue our study. 12 00:00:50,089 --> 00:00:52,161 We kind of picked up the study of John again. 13 00:00:52,225 --> 00:00:52,705 This is something. 14 00:00:52,737 --> 00:00:55,957 We've been preaching the book of John off and on for several years. 15 00:00:56,073 --> 00:00:57,421 So we picked this back up. 16 00:00:57,525 --> 00:01:00,693 We preached in chapter four last week, and this morning will 17 00:00:57,525 --> 00:01:02,169 be in John, chapter five. 18 00:01:04,149 --> 00:01:09,341 Following in the steps of Jesus again. 19 00:01:09,405 --> 00:01:09,965 Jesus. 20 00:01:10,077 --> 00:01:13,837 There are two other miracles recorded in the book of John that 21 00:01:10,077 --> 00:01:16,169 have transpired up to this point. 22 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:20,877 And again we think about the miracle of Jesus Christ turning the 23 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:22,049 water into wine. 24 00:01:22,379 --> 00:01:27,211 And remember when Mary, his mother, said to the servants there, 25 00:01:22,379 --> 00:01:29,319 whatsoever he saith, do it. 26 00:01:29,659 --> 00:01:32,395 Whatsoever he saith, whatever Jesus says, do it. 27 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:35,779 And of course, you remember they were out of wine and they were 28 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:38,203 needing that for that marriage feast. 29 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:41,939 And Jesus Christ there turned water into wine. 30 00:01:42,059 --> 00:01:46,603 And it's a picture again of salvation is found in the word. 31 00:01:46,771 --> 00:01:47,539 In the word. 32 00:01:47,619 --> 00:01:50,533 Salvation is not only found in his word, but it's found in his way. 33 00:01:50,651 --> 00:01:53,993 The second miracle recorded in the book of John is the healing of 34 00:01:50,651 --> 00:01:55,321 the nobleman's son, which we covered 35 00:01:50,651 --> 00:01:56,281 last week. 36 00:01:56,465 --> 00:02:01,749 And again the nobleman came to Jesus, heal my son. 37 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:05,949 And Jesus said, go thy way, thy son liveth. 38 00:02:06,489 --> 00:02:09,401 And the nobleman trusted in Jesus word. 39 00:02:09,585 --> 00:02:13,457 We need to trust in Jesus, put our faith in him, our confidence 40 00:02:09,585 --> 00:02:16,007 in him and his word. 41 00:02:16,153 --> 00:02:17,203 And his word. 42 00:02:17,371 --> 00:02:17,795 Today. 43 00:02:17,867 --> 00:02:18,923 Let's look at this miracle. 44 00:02:18,971 --> 00:02:20,675 John, chapter five, verse one. 45 00:02:20,867 --> 00:02:24,155 And after this talking about the healing of the noblemen, he was 46 00:02:20,867 --> 00:02:26,435 up in the province of Galilee. 47 00:02:26,627 --> 00:02:28,643 He left Galilee and comes down to Jerusalem. 48 00:02:28,691 --> 00:02:29,799 Look at verse one. 49 00:02:30,179 --> 00:02:33,291 After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to 50 00:02:30,179 --> 00:02:34,083 Jerusalem. 51 00:02:34,211 --> 00:02:38,451 Now there at Jerusalem by the sheep market, a pool which is called 52 00:02:34,211 --> 00:02:41,395 in the hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having 53 00:02:34,211 --> 00:02:42,693 five porches. 54 00:02:42,851 --> 00:02:47,025 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, helpless folk, 55 00:02:42,851 --> 00:02:49,425 a blind halt withered, waiting for 56 00:02:42,851 --> 00:02:50,989 the moving of the water. 57 00:02:51,409 --> 00:02:52,337 Verse four. 58 00:02:52,473 --> 00:02:56,545 For an angel went down at that certain season into the pool and 59 00:02:52,473 --> 00:02:57,641 troubled the water. 60 00:02:57,785 --> 00:03:00,689 And whosoever then, first, after the troubling of the water 61 00:02:57,785 --> 00:03:03,481 stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever 62 00:02:57,785 --> 00:03:04,961 disease he had. 63 00:03:05,105 --> 00:03:08,169 And a certain man was there which had an infirmity. 64 00:03:08,249 --> 00:03:09,733 38 years. 65 00:03:09,781 --> 00:03:10,929 38 years. 66 00:03:11,309 --> 00:03:15,701 And when Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had been now a long 67 00:03:11,309 --> 00:03:17,861 time in that case, he saith unto 68 00:03:11,309 --> 00:03:20,369 him, wilt thou be made whole? 69 00:03:20,989 --> 00:03:22,533 Wilt thou be made whole? 70 00:03:22,661 --> 00:03:23,509 Verse seven. 71 00:03:23,629 --> 00:03:27,485 The impotent man answered him, sir, I have no man, when the water 72 00:03:23,629 --> 00:03:29,629 is troubled to put me into the pool. 73 00:03:29,749 --> 00:03:32,989 But while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 74 00:03:33,109 --> 00:03:38,021 And Jesus saith unto him, rise, take up thy bed and walk. 75 00:03:38,205 --> 00:03:42,301 And immediately the man was made whole and took up his bed and 76 00:03:38,205 --> 00:03:43,009 walked. 77 00:03:43,349 --> 00:03:45,893 And on the same day was the Sabbath. 78 00:03:45,941 --> 00:03:46,729 That's important. 79 00:03:47,069 --> 00:03:50,741 And Jesus therefore said unto him, that was cured, it is the Sabbath 80 00:03:47,069 --> 00:03:51,409 day. 81 00:03:51,829 --> 00:03:54,485 The Jews therefore said unto him, that was cured. 82 00:03:54,517 --> 00:03:55,693 It is the Sabbath day. 83 00:03:55,781 --> 00:03:58,213 It is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 84 00:03:58,341 --> 00:03:59,409 What a joke. 85 00:04:00,219 --> 00:04:03,091 Man had been crippled for 38 years. 86 00:04:03,115 --> 00:04:06,891 The first thing the Jews ask him is, why are you carrying your 87 00:04:03,115 --> 00:04:09,107 bed instead of going, man, how did 88 00:04:03,115 --> 00:04:10,787 you walk anyway? 89 00:04:10,843 --> 00:04:11,599 I just. 90 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:15,119 And he answered them, verse eleven. 91 00:04:15,459 --> 00:04:19,051 He that made behold the same said unto me, take up thy bed and 92 00:04:15,459 --> 00:04:19,667 walk. 93 00:04:19,843 --> 00:04:22,427 Then asked they him, what man is this? 94 00:04:22,603 --> 00:04:26,401 Is that which said unto thee, take up thy bed and walk. 95 00:04:26,595 --> 00:04:29,901 And he that was healed wist not who it was. 96 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:33,717 For Jesus had conveyed himself away, and the multitude being in 97 00:04:29,965 --> 00:04:34,397 that place. 98 00:04:34,533 --> 00:04:35,245 Verse 14. 99 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:38,173 And afterwards, jesus findeth him in the temple and said unto him, 100 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:39,933 behold, thou art made whole. 101 00:04:40,061 --> 00:04:43,493 Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 102 00:04:43,621 --> 00:04:46,485 And the man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus which 103 00:04:43,621 --> 00:04:47,525 had made him whole. 104 00:04:47,677 --> 00:04:52,725 And therefore did the Jews persecute jesus and sought to slay 105 00:04:47,677 --> 00:04:55,767 him, because he had done these things 106 00:04:47,677 --> 00:04:56,951 on the Sabbath day. 107 00:04:56,975 --> 00:04:58,339 I do want to read verse 17. 108 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:05,019 But Jesus answered them, the Jews, my father worketh heretofore 109 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:08,543 hitherto, and I work. 110 00:05:08,671 --> 00:05:14,499 My father worketh hitherto and I work, comparing the work of God 111 00:05:08,671 --> 00:05:16,535 with the work of Jesus Christ, that 112 00:05:08,671 --> 00:05:18,099 they are equal. 113 00:05:18,969 --> 00:05:20,289 And I want to go ahead and read the next verse. 114 00:05:20,329 --> 00:05:21,529 We won't study this today. 115 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:22,449 Got to. 116 00:05:22,569 --> 00:05:26,945 Therefore, after Jesus makes his comment, therefore, the Jews 117 00:05:22,569 --> 00:05:29,857 sought the more to kill him, because 118 00:05:22,569 --> 00:05:31,881 not only had he broken the Sabbath, 119 00:05:22,569 --> 00:05:34,389 but he said also that God was his father. 120 00:05:34,849 --> 00:05:40,309 Notice the statement making himself equal with God. 121 00:05:40,889 --> 00:05:43,761 So there's a couple of things, just by way of comment before we 122 00:05:40,889 --> 00:05:44,017 start. 123 00:05:44,073 --> 00:05:44,625 A couple of things. 124 00:05:44,657 --> 00:05:47,629 This is the beginning of the persecution of Jesus. 125 00:05:48,129 --> 00:05:51,825 From this point forward, we see the Jews are seeking to slay 126 00:05:48,129 --> 00:05:53,337 him also. 127 00:05:53,393 --> 00:05:56,313 This is the first point in which Jesus Christ reveals himself 128 00:05:53,393 --> 00:05:59,189 as the son of God. 129 00:05:59,729 --> 00:06:04,217 In other words, the sonship of Christ, that he was claiming to be 130 00:05:59,729 --> 00:06:04,869 God. 131 00:06:05,289 --> 00:06:07,349 He was claiming to be equal with God. 132 00:06:07,809 --> 00:06:09,989 Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. 133 00:06:12,219 --> 00:06:13,999 Great is the mystery of godliness. 134 00:06:14,499 --> 00:06:17,835 God was manifest in the flesh, Timothy says, who? 135 00:06:17,867 --> 00:06:19,827 Being in the brightness of his glory and the expressed image of 136 00:06:17,867 --> 00:06:21,579 his person, Hebrews. 137 00:06:21,699 --> 00:06:22,891 I mean, just on and on and on. 138 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:26,851 Throughout the New Testament, Jesus was indeed God. 139 00:06:26,995 --> 00:06:27,719 Amen. 140 00:06:28,259 --> 00:06:28,819 Let's pray. 141 00:06:28,859 --> 00:06:30,571 Heavenly Father, Lord, we love you. 142 00:06:30,635 --> 00:06:33,915 We thank you for this opportunity to preach the word this 143 00:06:30,635 --> 00:06:34,139 morning. 144 00:06:34,179 --> 00:06:37,747 I pray you would help me to be very clear, give me wisdom. 145 00:06:37,843 --> 00:06:38,971 I do pray for the listeners. 146 00:06:38,995 --> 00:06:40,427 Lord, may you open their hearts. 147 00:06:40,563 --> 00:06:42,587 And God, if there be someone here who's not saved, they might 148 00:06:40,563 --> 00:06:43,559 get saved today. 149 00:06:43,899 --> 00:06:45,799 In Jesus name, amen. 150 00:06:46,219 --> 00:06:49,147 So Jesus Christ leaves Galilee and returns to Jerusalem. 151 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:52,515 It doesn't tell us what feast it is, but there's a feast transpiring 152 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:53,195 there. 153 00:06:53,387 --> 00:06:56,803 And again, this is the beginning of his official persecution. 154 00:06:56,851 --> 00:06:59,959 As he goes forward in ministry, they seek to kill him. 155 00:07:00,979 --> 00:07:02,243 He was being questioned. 156 00:07:02,291 --> 00:07:04,645 And really the question comes down to authority. 157 00:07:04,747 --> 00:07:09,149 What gives you the authority to tell this man to disobey the Sabbath? 158 00:07:09,769 --> 00:07:14,225 And he says, listen, my work is the same work as the father's 159 00:07:09,769 --> 00:07:14,829 work. 160 00:07:15,369 --> 00:07:19,549 In other words, I am the authority over the Sabbath. 161 00:07:20,449 --> 00:07:24,001 My heavenly Father is the one who commanded the Sabbath. 162 00:07:24,065 --> 00:07:27,709 And therefore, again, my work is the same work. 163 00:07:28,169 --> 00:07:29,945 We notice here again, the place. 164 00:07:30,097 --> 00:07:30,745 What place? 165 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,265 This is the sheep market. 166 00:07:32,457 --> 00:07:36,281 This was in the northeast corner of Jerusalem, there by the 167 00:07:32,457 --> 00:07:37,389 sheep gate. 168 00:07:37,849 --> 00:07:44,073 The pools are called Bethesda or Bethesaida, and the word means 169 00:07:37,849 --> 00:07:46,469 house of mercy or house of grace. 170 00:07:46,769 --> 00:07:48,949 In other words, it's compassion. 171 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:55,105 These pools, these five pools were built by a certain man out of 172 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:58,153 compassion for the halt and the crippled 173 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:58,999 and the withered. 174 00:07:59,129 --> 00:08:03,339 And he built these pools so these impotent folks, these helpless 175 00:07:59,129 --> 00:08:05,251 people, could get out of the sun 176 00:07:59,129 --> 00:08:06,195 and so forth. 177 00:08:06,227 --> 00:08:11,627 Well, it came about that we got a reputation for the water having 178 00:08:06,227 --> 00:08:13,795 healing properties, that an angel 179 00:08:06,227 --> 00:08:15,291 would come down and stir the waters 180 00:08:06,227 --> 00:08:16,515 from time to time, and whoever got 181 00:08:06,227 --> 00:08:18,195 first in the pool would be healed. 182 00:08:18,227 --> 00:08:21,907 And we don't know what all that means or what all that transpires, 183 00:08:18,227 --> 00:08:24,715 but we just again know that this place, 184 00:08:18,227 --> 00:08:28,129 these pools, were a place of mercy, 185 00:08:18,227 --> 00:08:30,069 a place of compassion. 186 00:08:30,889 --> 00:08:35,921 There was a multitude of people around the pool who were again 187 00:08:30,889 --> 00:08:37,081 helpless. 188 00:08:37,265 --> 00:08:39,481 The blind, they were without strength. 189 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:41,905 Halt means crippled, withered means. 190 00:08:41,937 --> 00:08:46,577 Their limbs, some limbs had become useless, they said, well, 191 00:08:41,937 --> 00:08:47,593 what that had to do with the story? 192 00:08:47,641 --> 00:08:48,789 Well, it's a picture. 193 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:50,909 It's a picture of sin. 194 00:08:51,659 --> 00:08:57,499 It's a picture of how we are helpless, how that we are unable 195 00:08:51,659 --> 00:09:00,559 to heal ourselves, if you would spiritually, 196 00:08:51,659 --> 00:09:05,519 that we are without hope, blind. 197 00:09:05,939 --> 00:09:07,439 Blind to our own sin. 198 00:09:09,259 --> 00:09:14,131 Again, sin we are unable to overcome sin on our own. 199 00:09:14,315 --> 00:09:17,649 We are without strengthening. 200 00:09:17,799 --> 00:09:19,173 Sin will blind you. 201 00:09:19,301 --> 00:09:20,849 Sin will cripple you. 202 00:09:21,789 --> 00:09:23,689 Sin will make you useless. 203 00:09:25,029 --> 00:09:31,529 But I'm thankful for the intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ. 204 00:09:32,069 --> 00:09:39,077 He passed by Jesus passed by the man of compassion, the God of 205 00:09:32,069 --> 00:09:41,169 love and mercy and grace. 206 00:09:42,509 --> 00:09:44,229 The water was stirred by an angel. 207 00:09:44,269 --> 00:09:46,069 Again, you read various commentaries. 208 00:09:46,109 --> 00:09:50,989 Nobody really knows exactly what that means, but something was 209 00:09:46,109 --> 00:09:51,769 happening. 210 00:09:52,429 --> 00:09:55,085 And these people, unless they had somebody to help them, were unable 211 00:09:52,429 --> 00:09:56,741 to get in the water unless they had 212 00:09:52,429 --> 00:09:57,329 help. 213 00:10:01,109 --> 00:10:07,649 A multitude, it says, waiting and wanting to be healed. 214 00:10:09,829 --> 00:10:12,413 Can I tell you, the bible makes it very clear that we are all 215 00:10:09,829 --> 00:10:13,209 sinners. 216 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,899 There's none righteous, no, not one. 217 00:10:18,199 --> 00:10:20,419 The world today is looking for hope. 218 00:10:21,359 --> 00:10:23,299 The world today is looking for light. 219 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:30,259 People, humanity is looking for joy and happiness and peace, 220 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:32,539 looking for contentment. 221 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:34,975 I know I've mentioned that a lot here lately, but it's. 222 00:10:35,007 --> 00:10:39,311 Again, it's something that has been just repeated to me over and 223 00:10:35,007 --> 00:10:40,979 over again as I talk to people. 224 00:10:41,349 --> 00:10:42,609 I just want peace. 225 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:44,409 I want peace. 226 00:10:44,789 --> 00:10:48,837 Can I tell you true peace is found in Jesus Christ again. 227 00:10:48,893 --> 00:10:51,717 These people, this multitude of people around these pools, yes, 228 00:10:48,893 --> 00:10:52,853 they were getting some protection 229 00:10:48,893 --> 00:10:54,845 from the sun and they were getting some compassion 230 00:10:48,893 --> 00:10:56,969 there, but they were still hopeless. 231 00:11:03,509 --> 00:11:06,049 They were looking for an experience to cure them. 232 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:09,271 And that's what the world offers. 233 00:11:09,295 --> 00:11:10,551 That's what religion offers. 234 00:11:10,655 --> 00:11:15,179 Religion offers an experience that supposedly will cure you. 235 00:11:16,359 --> 00:11:19,671 There's those out here in the world and those teaching that, well, 236 00:11:16,359 --> 00:11:21,439 you can be saved from your sin. 237 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:25,159 You can have victory over sin through baptism, or you can have 238 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:27,119 cure of sin in your life and victory 239 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:28,447 over sin in your life by being a 240 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:30,391 good person, turning over a new leaf 241 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:34,151 or taking a communion cup or a communion 242 00:11:21,479 --> 00:11:34,839 bread. 243 00:11:34,999 --> 00:11:40,839 Maybe it's by giving to good causes or whatever it may be. 244 00:11:40,879 --> 00:11:43,463 But can I tell you, none of those were cure. 245 00:11:43,631 --> 00:11:44,903 They will not cure. 246 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:47,295 None of those things will bring about happiness in your life 247 00:11:45,071 --> 00:11:53,847 and joy and contentment again. 248 00:11:53,983 --> 00:11:55,419 But Jesus Christ can. 249 00:11:56,799 --> 00:11:58,503 Jesus Christ is the answer. 250 00:11:58,671 --> 00:12:02,627 Jesus Christ is the true cure, by the way. 251 00:12:02,643 --> 00:12:04,679 He's a true cure for all of our ills. 252 00:12:05,979 --> 00:12:08,899 I'm telling you this morning, if you're here and you do not know 253 00:12:05,979 --> 00:12:11,479 Jesus Christ as your personal savior, 254 00:12:05,979 --> 00:12:13,051 it's the greatest decision you'll 255 00:12:05,979 --> 00:12:13,839 ever make. 256 00:12:14,739 --> 00:12:18,595 He walked by, they were here with this crippled man, verses five 257 00:12:14,739 --> 00:12:19,139 through six. 258 00:12:19,219 --> 00:12:21,731 A crippled man 38 years have been crippled. 259 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:26,315 Verse 14 gives us further insight that he was crippled because 260 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:27,319 of sin. 261 00:12:29,089 --> 00:12:30,793 Jesus Christ made that clear. 262 00:12:30,961 --> 00:12:34,337 Some sin that this man had committed, and therefore he became 263 00:12:30,961 --> 00:12:34,681 crippled. 264 00:12:34,705 --> 00:12:37,553 Now, not all sin leads to judgment. 265 00:12:37,601 --> 00:12:38,745 Such as this man experienced. 266 00:12:38,777 --> 00:12:41,881 We know that in chapter nine of John that when Jesus walked by 267 00:12:38,777 --> 00:12:43,985 a man, his disciples asked, who made 268 00:12:38,777 --> 00:12:44,625 this man? 269 00:12:44,737 --> 00:12:45,545 Why is this man by? 270 00:12:45,577 --> 00:12:46,561 What did he do? 271 00:12:46,745 --> 00:12:48,749 And Jesus said, well, he didn't do. 272 00:12:49,209 --> 00:12:50,709 He's for my glory. 273 00:12:51,049 --> 00:12:53,137 You think about Job, the book of Job. 274 00:12:53,193 --> 00:12:56,801 We know that Job, the Bible says, was a man who eschewed sin, 275 00:12:53,193 --> 00:12:59,393 who lived a righteous life, and yet 276 00:12:53,193 --> 00:13:01,513 went through suffering and went through 277 00:12:53,193 --> 00:13:04,029 great, great detours in his own life. 278 00:13:04,369 --> 00:13:13,129 So again, it doesn't always result in this magnitude of punishment. 279 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:19,441 Can I tell you that sin always brings about judgment according to 280 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:20,909 whatever God wants to do. 281 00:13:22,539 --> 00:13:24,119 But Jesus came by. 282 00:13:25,659 --> 00:13:27,119 Jesus came by. 283 00:13:28,139 --> 00:13:31,787 It's picturing of again, of Jesus grace and mercy. 284 00:13:31,963 --> 00:13:35,091 Grace is things that God puts into our life we don't deserve. 285 00:13:35,115 --> 00:13:37,891 And mercy is things that God takes out of our life that we do 286 00:13:35,115 --> 00:13:38,619 deserve. 287 00:13:38,779 --> 00:13:42,679 And again, as these multitude were helpless, so are we helpless. 288 00:13:42,979 --> 00:13:44,599 But Jesus came by. 289 00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:46,675 He was an all knowing savior. 290 00:13:46,707 --> 00:13:49,867 By the way, remind you, it says that he knew this man had been 291 00:13:46,707 --> 00:13:51,839 in this case for a long time. 292 00:13:52,139 --> 00:13:53,171 Didn't have to ask him. 293 00:13:53,195 --> 00:13:54,079 He already knew. 294 00:13:54,619 --> 00:13:59,039 Jesus Christ was all knowing because he was God in the flesh. 295 00:14:00,059 --> 00:14:01,139 He knew all things. 296 00:14:01,219 --> 00:14:02,719 Nothing was hid from him. 297 00:14:03,339 --> 00:14:07,715 Then he asked the question to this crippled man, wilt thou be made 298 00:14:03,339 --> 00:14:08,359 whole? 299 00:14:09,219 --> 00:14:10,999 Wilt thou be made whole? 300 00:14:12,499 --> 00:14:13,179 Verse seven. 301 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:15,479 This man recognized his helpless condition. 302 00:14:16,369 --> 00:14:19,389 He recognized that he could not do it on his own. 303 00:14:20,769 --> 00:14:22,589 He could not help himself. 304 00:14:24,249 --> 00:14:27,625 To be made whole, we must recognize our inability to be made 305 00:14:24,249 --> 00:14:28,269 whole. 306 00:14:28,769 --> 00:14:32,625 We must recognize our inability to overcome sin in our 307 00:14:28,769 --> 00:14:34,945 life, to overcome the punishment 308 00:14:28,769 --> 00:14:35,521 of sin. 309 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:38,149 The Bible says the wages of sin is death. 310 00:14:39,809 --> 00:14:42,217 And revelation says, in death and hell were cast in the lake of 311 00:14:39,809 --> 00:14:42,697 fire. 312 00:14:42,833 --> 00:14:43,865 This is the second death. 313 00:14:43,897 --> 00:14:47,741 The punishment for sin, the punishment for being selfish by nature 314 00:14:43,897 --> 00:14:49,837 is death and hell in the lake of 315 00:14:43,897 --> 00:14:50,409 fire. 316 00:14:53,989 --> 00:15:01,317 But I love that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus 317 00:14:53,989 --> 00:15:02,085 Christ, our Lord. 318 00:15:02,117 --> 00:15:07,301 But Jesus comes by and he says to this man, wilt thou be made whole? 319 00:15:07,485 --> 00:15:11,501 The man recognizes his inability to be made whole on his 320 00:15:07,485 --> 00:15:12,089 own. 321 00:15:12,569 --> 00:15:15,589 And Jesus says, take up thy bed and walk. 322 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,269 He says the same thing to you and I today. 323 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:24,001 When we recognize our inability to save ourselves, when 324 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:26,769 we recognize our dependence upon him 325 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:28,697 and him alone, his life, his death, 326 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:30,737 his burial and his resurrection, 327 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:32,749 we can have eternal life. 328 00:15:33,609 --> 00:15:35,817 I hope there's been a time in your life when you've recognized 329 00:15:33,609 --> 00:15:36,497 that. 330 00:15:36,673 --> 00:15:37,577 Recognize again. 331 00:15:37,633 --> 00:15:42,279 You repented of your sin, saw your sin for what it is, recognized 332 00:15:37,633 --> 00:15:44,871 your helpless condition, and just reached 333 00:15:37,633 --> 00:15:45,979 out to Jesus. 334 00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:48,339 Look to Jesus. 335 00:15:51,399 --> 00:15:56,419 The law, the Bible says, was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. 336 00:16:00,319 --> 00:16:02,779 But Christian this morning, it also applies to us. 337 00:16:04,609 --> 00:16:08,409 Overcoming sin and having victory in our life is through Jesus 338 00:16:04,609 --> 00:16:09,029 Christ. 339 00:16:09,889 --> 00:16:16,349 We are unable to be victorious over sin on our own. 340 00:16:17,089 --> 00:16:18,989 We must be dependent upon him. 341 00:16:21,049 --> 00:16:24,029 Again he says to this man, wilt thou be made whole? 342 00:16:30,219 --> 00:16:39,875 In acts 1631, the philippian jailer asked Paul in Silas, what 343 00:16:30,219 --> 00:16:41,239 must I do to be saved? 344 00:16:42,859 --> 00:16:48,959 Paul said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. 345 00:16:49,659 --> 00:16:51,319 That word believe means trust. 346 00:16:51,739 --> 00:16:54,691 Just like our theme verse, trust in the Lord with all that heart. 347 00:16:54,875 --> 00:16:55,679 Trust. 348 00:16:56,809 --> 00:16:59,921 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. 349 00:17:00,065 --> 00:17:00,777 Again. 350 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:04,313 Salvation comes by putting your trust in Jesus Christ. 351 00:17:04,361 --> 00:17:07,449 In him alone this man was healed. 352 00:17:07,489 --> 00:17:08,349 Verse nine. 353 00:17:10,649 --> 00:17:12,265 Immediately the man was made whole. 354 00:17:12,377 --> 00:17:14,069 Took up his bed and walked. 355 00:17:14,609 --> 00:17:15,841 Immediately. 356 00:17:16,025 --> 00:17:17,869 That's grace and mercy, folks. 357 00:17:18,409 --> 00:17:21,201 That's compassion from the Lord Jesus Christ. 358 00:17:21,265 --> 00:17:23,589 That's the power, by the way, of Jesus Christ. 359 00:17:24,159 --> 00:17:28,911 Immediately, immediately he took up his bed. 360 00:17:29,095 --> 00:17:31,099 Salvation is not a process. 361 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:35,871 Being saved from our sin and from the penalty of sin is not a 362 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:36,459 process. 363 00:17:38,159 --> 00:17:39,699 It's instantaneous. 364 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:42,055 Immediately he took up his bed and walked. 365 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:44,847 In other words, when Jesus said, take up that bed and walk, 366 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:47,183 the guy didn't, you know, get up and 367 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:49,875 stumble around because all the muscles 368 00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:50,675 would have atrophied. 369 00:17:50,707 --> 00:17:54,839 I mean, he had no, no, everything was cured. 370 00:17:55,619 --> 00:17:59,039 All the muscles, all the joints, all the. 371 00:17:59,619 --> 00:18:00,891 It was all healed. 372 00:18:00,915 --> 00:18:03,747 And he got up and he just began to walk, just like you and 373 00:18:00,915 --> 00:18:04,479 I walk. 374 00:18:05,579 --> 00:18:07,279 Didn't have to relearn. 375 00:18:08,339 --> 00:18:11,611 That's because not only did he heal him immediately, but he healed 376 00:18:08,339 --> 00:18:12,719 him completely. 377 00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:16,997 I'm thankful Jesus Christ healed us completely. 378 00:18:17,173 --> 00:18:18,129 That his. 379 00:18:18,749 --> 00:18:21,477 His sacrifice on Calvary, his. 380 00:18:21,573 --> 00:18:25,317 His blood that was shed on Calvary, his life, his death and 381 00:18:21,573 --> 00:18:27,805 his resurrection paid for our sins 382 00:18:21,573 --> 00:18:28,689 in full. 383 00:18:30,469 --> 00:18:31,889 My sins are gone. 384 00:18:32,749 --> 00:18:34,329 You ask me why I'm happy? 385 00:18:34,709 --> 00:18:36,049 I will tell you why. 386 00:18:36,469 --> 00:18:38,477 Because my sins are gone. 387 00:18:38,653 --> 00:18:43,239 They're underneath the blood of the cross, as far removed as darkness 388 00:18:38,653 --> 00:18:43,751 is from dawn. 389 00:18:43,775 --> 00:18:47,231 Y'all don't want to hear me sing in the sea of God's forgetfulness. 390 00:18:47,295 --> 00:18:48,847 That's good enough for me. 391 00:18:49,023 --> 00:18:50,023 Praise God. 392 00:18:50,111 --> 00:18:51,619 My sins are gone. 393 00:18:51,919 --> 00:18:52,631 Amen. 394 00:18:52,735 --> 00:18:55,295 Immediately and completely. 395 00:18:55,487 --> 00:18:57,459 And then we have the sour heads. 396 00:18:58,439 --> 00:18:59,847 That's what comes into this thing. 397 00:18:59,903 --> 00:19:02,215 You know, there's always those people that want to blow the candle 398 00:18:59,903 --> 00:19:02,583 out. 399 00:19:02,671 --> 00:19:07,139 This man got healed 38 years laying by this pool. 400 00:19:07,859 --> 00:19:11,199 And the Jews seem taking, it's the Sabbath day. 401 00:19:11,539 --> 00:19:14,787 And the Jews had laws concerning the Sabbath day. 402 00:19:14,803 --> 00:19:19,347 They had 39 distinctive laws on the Sabbath day. 403 00:19:19,403 --> 00:19:21,119 Things that you could not do. 404 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:26,931 And you certainly couldn't take a little sleeping bag and put 405 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:29,119 it up on your shoulder and walk away. 406 00:19:30,499 --> 00:19:31,443 It's hilarious. 407 00:19:31,571 --> 00:19:34,279 They're not allowed to light a fire on the Sabbath. 408 00:19:34,319 --> 00:19:38,647 There's still today, today the Jews still, they go by those laws. 409 00:19:38,743 --> 00:19:42,459 And so we've been over to Israel and they literally can't. 410 00:19:42,839 --> 00:19:44,991 And I know I've given you this illustration before, but we have 411 00:19:42,839 --> 00:19:45,779 new folks. 412 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,379 They have Shabbat elevators. 413 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:52,143 Like if you're in a six story building or a ten story building 414 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:54,639 and hotel, they'll have one elevator. 415 00:19:54,679 --> 00:19:55,375 That's just normal. 416 00:19:55,407 --> 00:19:56,759 You push the button and you go up. 417 00:19:56,839 --> 00:19:59,813 The other elevator will have all the lights pushed, like, you 418 00:19:56,839 --> 00:20:01,357 know, on elf where he does all of 419 00:19:56,839 --> 00:20:01,929 them. 420 00:20:02,789 --> 00:20:04,289 Yeah, I've seen the movie. 421 00:20:05,669 --> 00:20:06,517 That's what it is. 422 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:10,405 Because a Jew on the Sabbath can't punch the elevator button, 423 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:11,765 because that elevator button will 424 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:14,629 light up and they're not allowed 425 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:16,009 to light a fire. 426 00:20:18,749 --> 00:20:20,165 You think I'm not saying the truth? 427 00:20:20,197 --> 00:20:20,901 Go look it up. 428 00:20:20,965 --> 00:20:23,329 That's literally today they practice that. 429 00:20:23,949 --> 00:20:28,717 And it's all of these extra laws that are not in the Bible, but 430 00:20:23,949 --> 00:20:31,477 that the religious jews have made 431 00:20:23,949 --> 00:20:34,129 up to make the Sabbath day very cumbersome. 432 00:20:36,109 --> 00:20:39,489 It's all about the letter of the law, not the spirit of the law. 433 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:45,717 This crippled man, no doubt was excited, but here come the sour 434 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:48,869 heads blow that, you know, some people 435 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:50,469 get saved and they'll go home and 436 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:51,629 they think, oh, everybody's going 437 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:52,397 to be excited for me. 438 00:20:52,413 --> 00:20:56,431 And then nobody, you know, or you find out your family makes fun 439 00:20:52,413 --> 00:20:59,339 of you, or, it's amazing to me. 440 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:07,967 By the way, anybody who has the power to heal, such as this man 441 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:10,047 who was healed by Jesus Christ, I 442 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:11,151 think you should obey that man that 443 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:11,979 healed you. 444 00:21:14,559 --> 00:21:16,459 By the way, the world has no compassion. 445 00:21:18,809 --> 00:21:20,229 Not true compassion. 446 00:21:21,369 --> 00:21:23,669 Their compassion is what can I get out of it? 447 00:21:25,729 --> 00:21:29,441 And this devil's crowd that came to this man, this worldly crowd, 448 00:21:25,729 --> 00:21:31,721 this religious crowd, just came to 449 00:21:25,729 --> 00:21:34,749 give judgment and not compassion. 450 00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:36,549 What should they have asked? 451 00:21:37,089 --> 00:21:38,949 Well, they should have been excited for him. 452 00:21:39,369 --> 00:21:41,069 How in the world are you walking? 453 00:21:41,969 --> 00:21:43,629 But instead, judgment came. 454 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:48,051 I'm thankful for the grace of God, that Christ is gracious and 455 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:49,371 kind and compassionate. 456 00:21:49,515 --> 00:21:52,159 By the way, he's compassionate and gracious to one. 457 00:21:54,339 --> 00:21:55,919 Why did he go to the pool? 458 00:21:57,179 --> 00:21:58,759 Why heal any of them? 459 00:22:01,659 --> 00:22:03,679 Because we have a loving and gracious God. 460 00:22:05,899 --> 00:22:07,963 Lastly, sin has a price. 461 00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:11,649 As we already mentioned, we see this in verses 14 through 15, 462 00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:14,797 that Jesus saw this man in the temple 463 00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:17,125 and he said to him, verse 14, thou 464 00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:17,973 art made whole. 465 00:22:18,061 --> 00:22:24,089 Sin no more, lest worse things come upon thee or unto thee. 466 00:22:25,189 --> 00:22:28,053 The Bible says in Galatians six, seven, be not deceived. 467 00:22:28,101 --> 00:22:30,461 God is not mocked, for whatsoever man soweth, that shall 468 00:22:28,101 --> 00:22:31,609 he also reap. 469 00:22:32,949 --> 00:22:37,899 Jesus cured him as he was. 470 00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:41,219 I'm thankful you don't have to turn over a new leaf to get saved. 471 00:22:41,719 --> 00:22:48,539 He healed him as he was and then told him to be holy. 472 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:56,375 Christian this morning, Jesus Christ has saved us gloriously saved 473 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:58,095 us, showed compassion and mercy on 474 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:58,487 us. 475 00:22:58,583 --> 00:22:59,967 We didn't deserve that. 476 00:23:00,143 --> 00:23:02,193 We're the ones who are selfish. 477 00:23:02,241 --> 00:23:04,249 We're the ones who committed the sin. 478 00:23:04,289 --> 00:23:05,545 But he showed his compassion. 479 00:23:05,577 --> 00:23:08,521 He went to the cross and died for us and was buried and rose again 480 00:23:05,577 --> 00:23:09,481 from the dead. 481 00:23:09,665 --> 00:23:15,229 And we, after he has healed us, we ought to obey him. 482 00:23:15,529 --> 00:23:18,417 And he says, jesus says, first, peter, chapter one. 483 00:23:18,513 --> 00:23:19,785 You could go back and read it some other time. 484 00:23:19,817 --> 00:23:21,065 Verses 15 to 16. 485 00:23:21,217 --> 00:23:25,001 In the New Testament, he commands christians to be holy, for 486 00:23:21,217 --> 00:23:25,949 he is holy. 487 00:23:26,569 --> 00:23:28,401 Every once in a while somebody will say, well, that's an old Testament 488 00:23:26,569 --> 00:23:28,625 command. 489 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:29,281 That's an old testament. 490 00:23:29,305 --> 00:23:30,257 No, it's found one, Peter. 491 00:23:30,273 --> 00:23:31,509 It's found in the New Testament. 492 00:23:31,969 --> 00:23:32,745 We're to be holy. 493 00:23:32,777 --> 00:23:37,129 We're to live lives that are holy, set apart, set apart from sin 494 00:23:32,777 --> 00:23:39,825 unto God, to live a righteous life, 495 00:23:32,777 --> 00:23:42,025 to live out a righteous life, to 496 00:23:32,777 --> 00:23:46,349 live right, Christian, we are commanded 497 00:23:32,777 --> 00:23:49,145 to live a righteous life. 498 00:23:49,337 --> 00:23:53,585 And anytime God commands us to do something, he gives us the power 499 00:23:49,337 --> 00:23:54,429 to do so. 500 00:23:55,249 --> 00:23:59,691 Any command that, that God, that Christ commands us to do, he 501 00:23:55,249 --> 00:24:01,083 gives us the power to live it out. 502 00:24:01,171 --> 00:24:02,679 Wilt thou be made whole? 503 00:24:03,819 --> 00:24:05,079 Rise up and walk. 504 00:24:06,099 --> 00:24:10,963 And he's given you the power, and he's given you victory over sin 505 00:24:06,099 --> 00:24:11,755 in your life. 506 00:24:11,827 --> 00:24:15,595 He has given you the ability, with again the guidance and strength 507 00:24:11,827 --> 00:24:17,091 of the Holy Spirit, the grace that he 508 00:24:11,827 --> 00:24:19,379 bestows upon us, to live out a life 509 00:24:11,827 --> 00:24:20,879 that's pleasing to him. 510 00:24:21,859 --> 00:24:26,029 We ought to live out holy lives, live a righteous life. 511 00:24:27,889 --> 00:24:30,589 We are all helpless and in need of a savior. 512 00:24:31,209 --> 00:24:33,025 I'm thankful for the mercy and grace of God. 513 00:24:33,057 --> 00:24:33,789 Aren't you? 514 00:24:34,289 --> 00:24:37,349 I am thankful that Jesus Christ is gracious and compassion, 515 00:24:34,289 --> 00:24:38,745 that he knows all things. 516 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:40,121 He knows everything about you. 517 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,721 He knows everything about me. 518 00:24:41,865 --> 00:24:43,897 And he intervenes in our life. 519 00:24:44,073 --> 00:24:49,109 He walks by that grace that he gives to us. 520 00:24:50,099 --> 00:24:51,799 He will save you this morning. 521 00:24:52,979 --> 00:24:54,999 He will come to you just as you are. 522 00:24:55,859 --> 00:25:00,519 And when he saves, he saves instantly and he saves completely. 523 00:25:01,139 --> 00:25:02,203 What a God we have. 524 00:25:02,251 --> 00:25:03,479 What a God we serve. 525 00:25:04,899 --> 00:25:07,379 And can I remind you, Christian, you always have that negative 526 00:25:04,899 --> 00:25:10,659 crowd, that when your fire's burning 527 00:25:04,899 --> 00:25:12,755 and you're trying to live out that 528 00:25:04,899 --> 00:25:13,467 righteous life. 529 00:25:13,523 --> 00:25:15,399 They just want to come blow the candle out. 530 00:25:16,539 --> 00:25:17,639 Negative people. 531 00:25:21,179 --> 00:25:23,399 Christian sin has a price. 532 00:25:24,419 --> 00:25:25,519 Live holy. 533 00:25:27,139 --> 00:25:31,267 The Holy Spirit abides in you, strengthening you, enabling you to 534 00:25:27,139 --> 00:25:34,059 live a life pleasing to him. 535 00:25:34,219 --> 00:25:37,439 Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments. 536 00:25:38,579 --> 00:25:39,491 Why could he say that? 537 00:25:39,515 --> 00:25:41,649 Because he saved you. 538 00:25:41,819 --> 00:25:45,549 He rescued you from the clutches of the law. 539 00:25:45,629 --> 00:25:47,509 He saved you from the penalty of sin. 540 00:25:47,549 --> 00:25:48,565 He saved you. 541 00:25:48,677 --> 00:25:51,769 Therefore, he has every right to ask you to obey him. 542 00:25:52,149 --> 00:25:59,981 Just as this man who was healed, helpless without hope, he 543 00:25:52,149 --> 00:26:02,469 said to him, rise up and walk. 544 00:26:02,509 --> 00:26:03,469 Take up thy bed and walk. 545 00:26:03,509 --> 00:26:05,517 What if the guy would have said, it's the Sabbath. 546 00:26:05,573 --> 00:26:07,179 I can't take the bed up. 547 00:26:07,349 --> 00:26:08,299 I can't. 548 00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:09,991 No, no, no, no. 549 00:26:10,175 --> 00:26:11,979 Somebody can heal you in that way. 550 00:26:12,719 --> 00:26:14,139 You're just gonna obey. 551 00:26:15,479 --> 00:26:17,179 You've got to be so thankful. 552 00:26:18,439 --> 00:26:19,899 So thankful. 553 00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:24,139 Our motivation for serving, our motivation yesterday to spend, 554 00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:26,519 some of you came and cooked breakfast 555 00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:29,399 and stayed here till, you know, 11:00 556 00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:30,143 at night. 557 00:26:30,271 --> 00:26:32,023 What's our motivation for that? 558 00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:36,087 Well, I just, it's my, you know, it's my duty to do that, you 559 00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:38,095 know, because I love people and compassion. 560 00:26:38,127 --> 00:26:38,899 No, no, no. 561 00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:43,299 The main motivation is a love for Jesus. 562 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:46,927 When your main motivation for serving, whether it's teaching a 563 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:48,799 Sunday school class or children's 564 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:50,951 church or oh, bless the Lord, staying in 565 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:53,783 the nursery, that's on a whole nother 566 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:54,419 level. 567 00:26:55,759 --> 00:26:58,679 When your motivation for doing those things is not because the preacher 568 00:26:55,759 --> 00:26:59,999 asked me to, or the preacher said 569 00:26:55,759 --> 00:27:01,975 so, or because I feel like I have 570 00:26:55,759 --> 00:27:03,841 to or my grandma, my mom used to teach 571 00:26:55,759 --> 00:27:05,033 Sunday school, so I'm teaching Sunday 572 00:26:55,759 --> 00:27:06,569 school now, whatever it may be. 573 00:27:06,649 --> 00:27:10,977 But your motivation is because I love Jesus, because Jesus saved 574 00:27:06,649 --> 00:27:13,769 me and he told me to take up my bed 575 00:27:06,649 --> 00:27:15,309 and I'm just going to take it up. 576 00:27:15,609 --> 00:27:18,313 I'm just going to serve and obey him because I love him. 577 00:27:18,441 --> 00:27:20,949 And therefore, duty becomes delight. 578 00:27:21,609 --> 00:27:23,441 The law becomes delight. 579 00:27:23,505 --> 00:27:27,465 Not a duty, not something I have to do, but something I want 580 00:27:23,505 --> 00:27:28,269 to do. 581 00:27:28,819 --> 00:27:30,371 It's like with our children. 582 00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:32,515 We raise our children, we discipline them. 583 00:27:32,627 --> 00:27:34,199 Children ought to be disciplined. 584 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,795 We discipline them. 585 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:39,187 But as they grow, as they get older, as they become teenagers, 586 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:41,699 as they become young adults, that's no longer 587 00:27:35,827 --> 00:27:42,971 serving because they have to. 588 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:46,187 Because mom and dad said, boom, if you don't do this, smack, 589 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:47,479 you know, no, just kidding. 590 00:27:47,859 --> 00:27:50,923 If you don't do this, I'm going, you know, there's going to 591 00:27:47,859 --> 00:27:52,987 be repercussions, but it changes 592 00:27:47,859 --> 00:27:57,935 from having to do something to, I want 593 00:27:47,859 --> 00:27:59,671 to do this because I love my mom and 594 00:27:47,859 --> 00:28:00,299 dad. 595 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,719 It's amazing how that transpires and that changes. 596 00:28:04,879 --> 00:28:07,339 And that's the way the christian life ought to work as well. 597 00:28:07,839 --> 00:28:09,671 I serve the lizard and savior. 598 00:28:09,815 --> 00:28:13,631 I serve the Lord because I want to, not because I have to. 599 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:17,575 And I try with the help of God and the help of the Holy Spirit who's 600 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:19,615 empowering me to live a holy and 601 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:22,017 separate life, to walk with Jesus 602 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:24,577 every day because I'm in love with 603 00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:28,229 him, because of what he did for me. 604 00:28:29,969 --> 00:28:31,629 He's done everything for me. 605 00:28:31,929 --> 00:28:33,549 I get to live eternally. 606 00:28:34,049 --> 00:28:36,789 I get to escape hell and have a home in heaven. 607 00:28:37,489 --> 00:28:39,109 What more can you ask for? 608 00:28:40,129 --> 00:28:42,753 And then lastly, and I mentioned this already, Jesus Christ 609 00:28:40,129 --> 00:28:46,769 in verse 17 claimed to be goddesse. 610 00:28:47,939 --> 00:28:51,699 If he's God, then he has authority over me because he made 611 00:28:47,939 --> 00:28:54,639 everything, he created all things. 612 00:28:55,179 --> 00:29:00,555 And now he's the curator, he's the one by all things consists. 613 00:29:00,747 --> 00:29:02,339 He's the superglue that holds it all together.