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- 1. Robert Reid today with his wife Roxa ... Robert Keith Reid (born Aug 30, 1955 Atlanta, Georgia). GUESS WHAT He struggled through life ROBERT REID DID with cerebral palsy... WITH HIS LIFE ?
- 2. "Do You Want To Be Made Whole?" John 5:1-15
- 3. John 5:1-15 1. Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie — the blind, the lame, the paralyzed - and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had.
- 4. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty- eight years. 6 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?" 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." 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
- 5. 10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." 11 But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'" 12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- 13. ‘BETHESDA’ Meaning : Both in Hebrew & Aramaic “House of Mercy” or “House of Grace”
- 14. • 38 years... • Hope ?? • Appearance... • Smell ... • Emotion ... ? Envy... ? Jealousy... ? Hatred ...
- 15. Sebastian Vettel Mark Lewis Webber Hamilton Nico Rosberg
- 16. a. Prologue - Setting
- 17. B. HIS QUESTION Do you want to be v5 One who was there made whole ? had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. v6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned (knew) that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, Jesus sort him out... “Do you want to get Why ?? well (made whole)?" Jesus knew ... Jesus asked ...
- 18. Do you want to be made whole ? b. His Question Do you want to get well (be made whole)?" MAN’S REPLY v7 "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." Instead of saying YES or NO, He replied, “I can’t...” Indirectly it was not his fault ...
- 19. Do you want to be made whole ? This man was not only paralyzed physically but ... he was also paralyzed emotionally, in his spirit ... After so many long years he has lost the will , no more hope ... Possibly he was very comfortable where and how he was... Possibly he had accepted his fate...
- 20. Do you want to be made whole ? Are anyone of us in the same condition ? Once we were eager, active, enthusiastic serving the Lord ... BUT THEN SOMETHING happened that made us an “invalid”, a “cripple”.... a relationship that went wrong ... a ‘bad’ experience ... sickness, illness ... fell into ‘sin’ and never resolved, never forgiven distracted, side-tracked ...
- 22. Do you want to be made whole ? C. HIS COMMAND V 8 Then Jesus said to him, "GET UP! PICK UP your mat and WALK." No indication of Jesus giving him a helping hand ... Just a word, a command ...
- 23. MAN’S RESPONSE V 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath. The man could have argued ... The man still needed to respond ... Do you want to be made whole ?
- 24. Do you want to be made whole ? If we are in the same condition.. If Jesus had commanded us to “Get up ... Pick up ... and Walk out ...” WILL WE DO IT ? TODAY Jesus is still in the same ‘business’ of commanding people out of their “paralysis, fears and guilt” ... “Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart ...” (Heb 3:7, 15, 4:7)
- 25. Do you want to be made whole ? D. EPILOGUE : 1. Man-made Rules V9b-12 The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'" So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?"
- 26. Do you want to be made whole ? 1. MAN-MADE RULES • Jewish religious leaders are very “careful” in obeying fully the Laws of Moses • Commandment No 4 – No work on the Sabbath • 39 Forbidden category of “work” • This man was breaking rule no 39 – ‘No transportation of an object in public’ • Being healed after 38yrs .... • We may laugh at this .... But ...
- 27. March 11, 2002, Mecca, Saudi Arabia About 800 students... 50 injured .. 15 died ... ???
- 28. 2. ONLY ONE, NOT ALL. Do you want V13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for to be made Jesus had slipped away into the whole ? crowd that was there. – The place was full of sick people ... – Yet JESUS very specifically sought out only this ONE paralyzed man and healed only him... – He immediately slipped away to avoid being noticed ... – YES Jesus has the power to heal .... – BUT does not mean He will heal everyone.
- 29. Do you want to be made whole ? 3. SIN & SICKNESS v14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.“ Was his paralysis due to sin ? Can sin cause illnesses ? Are all sicknesses due to sin ?
- 30. SIN & SICKNESS 1. ALL “SICKNESS” IS DUE TO SIN 2. Sin can cause “sicknesses” 3. But not all “sickness” is due to our own sin or our parent’s sin (Ref Jn 9:3) 4. Even when your sin is dealt with & forgiven, you still can be “sick”
- 33. "Friend, your sins are forgiven."
- 34. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
- 35. "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?
- 36. “But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . . . I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home."
- 37. V26 Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God.
- 38. Robert Reid today with his wife Roxa ... Robert Keith Reid (born Aug 30, 1955 in Atlanta, GUESS WHAT Georgia). He struggled through life ROBERT REID DID with cerebral palsy... WITH HIS LIFE ?
- 42. • Invalid ?? Application: • Handicapped ?? • Not gifted, cannot do .... • Remember the “man” beside the pool ... • Remember Robert Reid • It all boils down to one word ... “GRACE” • “God’s Amazing Grace” at work then • “God’s Amazing Grace” is still at work TODAY ...
- 43. • God is asking the same “Do You Want To Be question of each one of us Made Whole?” today ? • Do you want to be made whole ? • Pray that you will not be paralyzed – in your mind – in your heart – in your spirit, will, emotion • If today you are struggling with issues of fears, unforgiveness, bitterness, envy, jealousy ....
- 44. “Do You Want To Be Made Whole?” Respond TODAY to God’s command : Get Up ... Pick Up ... Walk Out ... Sometimes it is not the ‘physical’ but what is ‘within’ that needs to be put right ... No matter how long No matter how bad No matter how deep ... God is seeking you out God wants to make you WHOLE ...
Editor's Notes
- John 5:1-151 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie — the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 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?" 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." 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." 11 But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'" 12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. NIV
- In 1888 there was an archaeological dig that was the result of repairs that had begun on St. Anne’s Church building. A 4th-century building was found first, with paintings on the walls depicting an angel stirring the water of a pool. Below that building the site of a pool was unearthed.In 1888 excavations near St. Anne's Church… revealed the remains of an ancient church building. Beneath this lay a crypt, with its north wall divided into five compartments in imitation of arches; on this wall there could also be distinguished traces of an old fresco representing the angel troubling the water. Clearly those who built this structure believed that it marked the site of the pool of Bethesda. And subsequent excavations below the crypt showed that they were right; a flight of steps was uncovered leading down to a pool with five shallow porticoes on its north side, directly underneath the five imitation arches on the north wall of the crypt. There are few sites in Jerusalem, mentioned in the Gospels, which can be identified so confidently.(from "The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable?" by F. F. Bruce, emphasis mine)
- The name of the pool is said to be derived from the Hebrew language and/or Aramaic language. beth hesda(בית חסד/חסדא), meaning either house of mercyor house of grace. In both Hebrew and Aramaic the word could also mean 'shame, disgrace'. This dual meaning may have been thought appropriate since the location was seen as a place of disgrace due to the presence of invalids, and a place of grace, due to the granting of healing.
- The 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 March 2013 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia.[2] The race was the second round of the 2013 season, and marked the fifteenth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Sebastian Vettel won the race for Red Bull Racing, having started from pole position.[3]The race was marked by controversy surrounding team orders issued by the Red Bull andMercedes teams, with Vettel passing his team-mate Mark Webber to win against an order from his team to hold position,[4] and Lewis Hamilton retaining third place in front of Mercedes team-mate NicoRosberg on orders from team principal Ross Brawn.[5][6][7]
- As I was reading through David Pawson's explanation of Hebrews, I came across this wonderful little story. Pawson writes, "When I was a Pastor at the Millmead Centre in Guildford, there was a little old lady sitting in the church all by herself, crying her heart out... She explained that for 30 years she had been asking God to forgive her of a dreadful thing, and that God never had. I told her, that the very first time she asked Him, He forgive it and He forgot it. So for 30 years, God hadn't known what she was talking about. It took 20 minutes to convince her that God had forgiven and forgotten all about it. She got up, and I couldn't believe my eyes... she danced around the church! She was about 70, and here she was, dancing around the church in sheer joy. Our trouble is, we can't forget, and so we struggle to forgive ourselves." [Page 1131 Unlocking the Bible]. It's amazing but true... when we confess our sins to God (For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... Romans 3:23), He forgives and forgets that sin ("For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 8:12).
- Friday, 15 March, 2002, 12:19 GMTSaudi police 'stopped' fire rescueThe Mecca city governor visited the fire-damaged school Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress, according to Saudi newspapers.In a rare criticism of the kingdom's powerful "mutaween" police, the Saudi media has accused them of hindering attempts to save 15 girls who died in the fire on Monday.About 800 pupils were inside the school in the holy city of Mecca when the tragedy occurred.15 girls died in the blaze and more than 50 others were injuredAccording to the al-Eqtisadiah daily, firemen confronted police after they tried to keep the girls inside because they were not wearing the headscarves and abayas (black robes) required by the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam.One witness said he saw three policemen "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya".The Saudi Gazette quoted witnesses as saying that the police - known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - had stopped men who tried to help the girls and warned "it is a sinful to approach them".The father of one of the dead girls said that the school watchman even refused to open the gates to let the girls out."Lives could have been saved had they not been stopped by members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice," the newspaper concluded.Relatives' angerFamilies of the victims have been incensed over the deaths.Most of the victims were crushed in a stampede as they tried to flee the blaze.The school was locked at the time of the fire - a usual practice to ensure full segregation of the sexes.The religious police are widely feared in Saudi Arabia. They roam the streets enforcing dress codes and sex segregation, and ensuring prayers are performed on time.Those who refuse to obey their orders are often beaten and sometimes put in jail.On March 11, 2002, a fire at a girls' school in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killed fifteen people, all young girls. The event was especially notable due to complaints that Saudi Arabia's "religious police" (aka the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) stopped schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered rescue workers because the girls were not wearing correct Islamic dress.[1] As HannyMegally, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa division of Human Rights Watch put it, "Women and girls may have died unnecessarily because of extreme interpretations of the Islamic dress code. State authorities with direct and indirect responsibility for this tragedy must be held accountable."[2]Fire and controversyAccording to Saudi press reports the blaze at Makkah Intermediate School No. 31 started at about 8am. The blaze began in a room on the top floor, apparently caused by an unattended cigarette.[3][4][5]As a result of the fire and ensuing rush to escape, 15 young girls died, and more than 50 were injured. Nine of the dead girls were Saudis; the rest were from Chad, Egypt, Guinea, Niger, and Nigeria.[4] The majority of the deaths occurred when a staircase collapsed as the girls fled the building. The residential property upon which the school was built, being overcrowded with 800 pupils, was very unsuitable. In addition, the building may have lacked proper safety infrastructure and equipment, such as fire stairs and alarms.[2]According to at least two reports, members of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), also known as Mutaween, would not allow the girls to escape or to be saved from the fire because they were "not properly covered", and the mutaween did not want physical contact to take place between the girls and the civil defense forces for fear of sexual enticement, and variously that the girls were locked in by the police, or forced back into the building.[2][6] Civil Defense stated that the fire had extinguished itself before they arrived on the scene. CPVPV officers did appear to object to Civil Defense workers going into the building - Human Rights Watch quoted a Civil Defense officer as saying,"Whenever the girls got out through the main gate, these people forced them to return via another. Instead of extending a helping hand for the rescue work, they were using their hands to beat us."The CPVPV denied the charges of beating or locking the gates but the incident and the accounts of witnesses were reported in Saudi newspapers such as the Saudi Gazette and Al-Iqtisaddiyya. The result was a very rare public criticism of the group.[6]Also criticized was the General Presidency for Girls' Education (GPGE), "an autonomous government agency long controlled by conservative clerics", that administers girls' schools in Saudi Arabia.[2]The fire started among thrown-away books and papers. One of the teenagers at Girls' Intermediate School No. 31 in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, was sneaking a cigarette before classes. A hall monitor spotted her on the trash-strewn landing at the top of the stairs and she tossed the butt away. Twenty minutes later, teachers smelled smoke. One shouted, 'Fire!' Within seconds, panic more intense than the flames swept through the school. July 15 Four months ago, 15 girls died in a terrible fire at a girls school in Saudi Arabia, when ancient traditions kept male firefighters from entering the building. Newsweek magazines Christopher Dickey discusses changes sparked by the case. ABOUT 750 GIRLS from the ages of 13 to 17 poured into the single narrow stairwell, but the door at the bottom the door to the air and light was locked and chained. The only person with a key was a man, an illiterate guard who?d left on a menial errand, closing everyone inside. The electricity went off. Screaming, suffocating girls began to die in the dark. It got worse fast. Firefighters and ambulances arrived in short order, probably before anyone had died. But according to eyewitness reports, a member of the muttawa, zealous vigilantes who defend narrow-minded morality in the name of Islam, fought with the Civil Defense units that wanted to enter the building. The muttawa belong to the officially sanctioned Society for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and make it their job to enforce head coverings for women and strict separation of the sexes. The fleeing girls had left their scarves behind, and their would-be rescuers were men. Some of the girls were actually forced back into the building to cover up. Finally, regular police subdued the muttawa leader, confiscated his ID and dragged him away. The school door was opened, the small fire extinguished. But by then 15 girls were dead or dying, and more than 40 were injured.
- Robert Reid (Max Lucado)“I have everything I need for joy!” he said. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe himself. He can’t feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth. He can’t comb his hair He struggles to dress himself – Strips of Velcro hold his shirts together. His speech drags like a worn out audiocassette.Robert has cerebral palsy. The disease keeps him from: Driving a car, riding a bike, and going for a walk. BUT, it didn’t keep him from: Graduating from high school. Graduating from A.C.U. with a degree in Latin. Teaching at St. Louis junior college. Becoming a missionary in Portugal. He moved to Lisbon, alone, in 1972. He rented a hotel room and began studying Portuguese. He found a restaurant owner to feed him after the rush hour He found a tutor who would instruct him in the language. He stationed himself daily in a park, where he distributed brochures about Christ. Within six years he led seventy people to the Lord, one of whom became his wife, Rosa. When Robert speaks before a group: Other men carry him in his wheelchair onto the platform. They lay a Bible in his lap. His stiff fingers force open the pages. Those in attendance wipe away tears of admiration. Robert could ask for sympathy or pity, but he does just the opposite. He held his bent hand up in the air and boasted, “I have everything I need for joy.”Roberts shirts are held together by Velcro, but his life is held together by joy. http://www.maxlucado.com/read/where.do.i.go/index3.htmlImportant for us to decide what is going to hold us together!!!“I have everything I need for joy!” Robert Reed said. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe himself. He can’t feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. Strips of Velcro hold his shirts together. His speech drags like a worn out audio cassette.Robert has cerebral palsy.The disease keeps him from driving a car, riding a bike, and going for a walk. But it didn’t keep him from graduating from high school or attending Abilene Christian University, from which he graduated with a degree in Latin. Having cerebral palsy didn’t keep him from teaching at St. Louis junior college or from venturing overseas on five mission trips.And Robert’s disease didn’t prevent him from becoming a missionary in Portugal. He moved to Lisbon, alone, in 1972. There he rented a hotel room and began studying Portuguese. He found a restaurant owner who would feed him after the rush hour and a tutor who would instruct him in the language.Then he stationed himself daily in a park, where he distributed brochures about Christ. Within six years he led seventy people to the Lord, one of whom became his wife, Rosa.I heard Robert speak recently. I watched other men carry him in his wheelchair onto the platform. I watched them lay a Bible in his lap. I watched his stiff fingers force open the pages. And I watched people in the audience wipe away tears of admiration from their faces. Robert could have asked for sympathy or pity, but he did just the opposite. He held his bent hand up in the air and boasted, “I have everything I need for joy.”His shirts are held together by Velcro®, but his life is held together by joy.When we come to the conclusion that everything we need for joy, we possess in God, our lives too will be held together and defined by joy. Robert looked beyond his current situation of a diseased body and saw the big picture that God had in store for him.