Now that day was the sabbath.
Get up pick your mat and walk.
The pool of bethesda 7 sir the invalid replied i have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.
The reason i appreciate this specific story so much is that it unabashedly proclaims an embodied christianity.
John 5 1 9 ceb i confess that i struggle with this passage primarily because i don t like the man very much.
A call for action true.
The law forbids you to carry your mat.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
I was shocked i realised that this time is talking to me because i was the one reading.
Get up jesus told him pick up your mat and walk what does john 5 8 mean.
The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
Pick up your mat and walk immediately the man was well and he picked up his mat and walked.
The day this happened was a sabbath 10 neh 13 19.
9 immediately the man was made well and he picked up his mat and began to walk.
Meditation hello sisters let me welcome you warmly to this 11th european conference under the theme a story to tell a call to act.
This official wanted healing for his son and was persistent in asking jesus for it.
I discoverd that the door has been open for a long time i didnt know because it was closed for as long as i remember.
He picked up his mat and started walking.
The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath.
8 jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk 9 immediately the man got well.
One day i came across the scripture.
Jesus granted the request but made the man prove out his own faith by leaving.
Which is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say rise pick up your mat and walk the man then rises up and walks away healed and changed forever.
He picked up his mat and walked john 5 1 9.
Now this happened on the sabbath day.
Then jesus said to him get up.
The law forbids you to carry your mat.
Then jesus said to him get up.
While i am on my way someone else goes in before me 8 then jesus told him get up pick up your mat and walk.
Jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk.
He picked up his mat and walked.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
He picked up his mat and walked.
Pick up your mat and walk at once the man was cured.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
Allow me to start by telling my personal story.
See verse text in john 4 46 54 jesus meets a man seeking a miracle.
When jesus asked him do you want to get well the man responded there is no one to help me get in the water.
Jesus said to him get up.