“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
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… for a long time, Jesus asked him, here it is. He said, do you want to get well? Look at verse 7. Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water stirs. while I'm trying to get in, someone else gets in ahead of me. 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 he walked. The day in which this took place was the Sabbath. I kind of like that. Here's Jesus doing something on the Sabbath again. And so the Jewish leader said to the man who had been healed, it is the Sabbath. The law forbids you to carry a mat. But he replied, the man who made me well said, pick up your mat and walk. So they asked him, who is this fellow who told you to pick up your mat and walk? The man who was healed had no idea it was Jesus. …
… do you want to get well? Sir, the envelope replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I'm trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. Then Jesus said to the man who had been sick and hurting for 38 years, get up, pick up your mat and walk. And the word of God says, at once the man was cured. He picked up his mat and he walked. I'm praying that today for some of you, you will have the faith to meet the grace of God. And maybe in a moment, maybe over time, that whatever was holding you back will be healed in the name of Jesus. And you can get up and whatever's been holding you down, you will walk out of it for the glory of God. A big prayer and we have a big God. If you believe it, say amen. Amen. Let's build the context so you'll make sure you really understand what's going on. …
… i want to be set free i want to move forward i want this bitterness gone somebody shout i want it but but the invalid replied verse 7 sir i have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred while i'm trying to get in someone else goes down ahead of me in other words he's got excuses but verse 8 is really the power of the passage then jesus said to him get up Mm-hmm. Pick up your mat and walk. At once the man was cured, he picked up his mat and walked. Let's clap our hands one more time for the Word of God. Now before you take your seat, I need you to look at your neighbor. Look at either one of them you want to, whichever one you like the best. Look at your neighbor and give them my sermon title. Say, neighbor. Neighbor. I've got to get up. I've got to get up. I-5-3 people tell them I've got to get up. …
… 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 get well? 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. 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. But that's not the end of the verse, is it? The day on which this took place was a Sabbath. And so the Jewish leader said to the man who had been healed, it is the Sabbath. The law forbids you to carry your mat. But he replied, well, I love this Bible verse right here. The man who made me well said to me, I hear what you're saying to me, but the one who walked by me and told me I could walk too, told me to do this? The man who made me well said to me, pick up your mat and walk. I got good news for you today, church. The title of my message is The Word Says Otherwise. Tell your neighbor, I know you feel kind of depressed. …
… he wants to feed the crowd through you, the math won't matter. You can have been stuck in something 38 years at the pool of Bethesda, John chapter 5, verses 1 through 7. Everybody around you might be quicker than you, and you might feel like, I just can't win. I just can't get there. When the water is stirred, I have no one to help me. But when Jesus shows up, if he wants to heal what's hurting in you, it doesn't matter how many people are in front of you that are faster than you. If it's God's battle. High five your neighbor and say, the math don't matter. Bad grammar, good preaching. The math don't matter. Don't care how long it was like that. One moment in his presence, one moment of his favor, one moment of his holy fire can burn away all the dross because I'm coming out of this because the math… Do you hear what I'm saying to you? The prophet said, do not be afraid of them for those with us are more than those with them. …
… he said to him, Do you want to be made well? The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. But while I am coming, another steps down before me. Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. And the Jews therefore said to him who was cured, It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry your bed. He answered them, He who made me well said to me, Take up your bed and walk. Then they asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up your bed and walk? The one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. And afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, See, you have been made well. …