1	Do You Wish to be Whole? John 5: 1 – 9 and following
2	Introduction What do you want to see happen in the year ahead? Train to run a half marathon (Spring) Catch lots of Bass (Summer) Go on a fun family vacation (Summer) Hunt pheasants (Fall) Is that all?
3	Jesus asks the question… Do you want to be whole? Do you want to be well? Do you want what God wants when he asks that?
4	John 5:1-9 Sick, Blind, Lame, Withered Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed (-and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had.)
5	"Do you want to get..." Do you want to get well? 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When 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?" 7"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." III. Jesus Demonstrates the Power of His Word to Heal 8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
6	I. Sick, Blind, Lame, Withered In Jerusalem by the Sheep gate a pool Having five Covered Colonnades Confirmed by archeology
7	I. Sick, Blind, Lame, Withered Isaiah 35:3-6 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; 4say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." 5Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
8	II. Do you want to be whole? Vss. 5,6
9	III. Jesus Demonstrates the Power of His Word to Make us Whole Get up Take your mat Walk …he did
10	John 5:17 Insight into Jesus miracles 17Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." Jesus does instantly what the Father is always doing slowly
11	Miracle Proves Jesus Point He is Lord and Creator of the Sabbath Works of Jesus and works of the Father are the same. They are one. Jesus is the life giver who raises the dead – physically and spiritually Jesus has authority to execute judgment
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13	What do you want to see happen in the year ahead? Gain assurance and become established as a follower of Jesus Learn to consistently walk with God Stronger Christlike character Make Christ Lord over our materialism Better marriage, become a better lover Do you wish to get better?
14	Get up and Walk Get in the Christianity Explored Group. Find a Soul Purpose Course Sign up for the Crown Ministries Financial Freedom study Register for a Marriage Dynamics course
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