In the Old Testament when God established the judicial law for Israel, one of the things that God did was to establish a way that the truth can be verified. If someone was accused of anything, how the judges would know that it was true. The system that God established was what we would call […]
Category Archives: John 5
John 5:19-29 – The Authority of Jesus
In our last message, we saw Jesus healing a man on sabbath and telling him to take his bed and go. We saw that when the Jews saw this, they were very angry as according to them what Jesus did was a betrayal of the sabbath. Jesus answered them and said that when God is […]
John 5:10-18 – Jesus’s “betrayal” of the Sabbath and Verdict – Part 2
In our last message we saw Jesus in Jerusalem at a pool called Bethesda where he healed a man who was paralyzed for 38 yrs. Jesus did this on a Sabbath. We did highlight that Sabbath was the day the God had decided that the Jews will remember and keep holy. God said no work […]
John 5:1-9- Jesus’s “betrayal” of the Sabbath and Verdict – Part 1
John 5:1-9 (ESVST) 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. By “after this” refers to after Jesus had healed the official’s son from Capernaum. You will remember that the last act Jesus did in chapter 4 was to heal this official’s son while he was in […]