Only when we realize Who the grace comes from can we better comprehend the magnitude of the grace He offers.

2. John 5:1-5
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is
in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in
Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five
roofed colonnades. In these lay a
multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and
paralyzed. One man was there who had
been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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3. John 5:6-7
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew
that he had already been there a long time,
he said to him, ‘Do you want to be
healed?” The sick man answered him, “Sir,
I have no one to put me into the pool when
the water is stirred up, and while I am going
another steps down before me.”
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4. John 5:8-11
Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your
bed, and walk.” And at once the man was
healed, and he took up his bed and walked.
Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews
said to the man who had been healed. “It
is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you
to take up your bed.” But he answered
them, “The man who healed me, that man
said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’”
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5. John 5:12-14
They asked him, “Who is the man who said
to you. ‘Take up your bed and walk’”?
Now the man who had been healed did not
know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn,
as there was a crowd in the place.
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple
and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no
more, that nothing worse may happen to
you.”
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6. John 5:15-17
The man went away and told the Jews that
it was Jesus who had healed him. And this
was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus,
because he was doing these things on the
Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My
Father is working until now, and I am
working.”
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7. John 5:18
This was why the Jews were seeking all the
more to kill him, because not only was he
breaking the Sabbath, but he was even
calling God his own Father, making himself
equal with God.
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9. You can receive grace without
realizing from WHERE; it is also
possible to fail to grasp the FULLNESS
of what you have received.

10. You can receive grace without
realizing from WHERE; it is also
possible to fail to grasp the FULLNESS
of what you have received.
For all the times we RECOGNIZE God at work,
how many times have we FAILED to see what
He was doing?

11. You can receive grace without
realizing from WHERE; it is also
possible to fail to grasp the FULLNESS
of what you have received.
For all the times we RECOGNIZE God at work,
how many times have we FAILED to see what
He was doing?
Jesus takes the INITIATIVE to reach out…

12. There may be times that we
do not REALIZE the FULLNESS
of what we have been given

13. There may be times that we
do not REALIZE the FULLNESS
of what we have been given
Their ORAL traditions and INTERPRETATIONS
became indistinguishable from God’s
COMMANDS.

14. There may be times that we
do not REALIZE the FULLNESS
of what we have been given
Their ORAL traditions and INTERPRETATIONS
became indistinguishable from God’s
COMMANDS.
The bigger issue is the issue of SIN as sin
carries ETERNAL consequences.

15. Only when we realize WHO the
grace comes from can we better
comprehend the MAGNITUDE
of the grace He offers.

16. Only when we realize WHO the
grace comes from can we better
comprehend the MAGNITUDE
of the grace He offers.
Jesus’ justification for WORKING on the Sabbath
was that His Father WORKS on the Sabbath.

17. Only when we realize WHO the
grace comes from can we better
comprehend the MAGNITUDE
of the grace He offers.
Jesus’ justification for WORKING on the Sabbath
was that His Father WORKS on the Sabbath.
The charge has escalated from SABBATH
breaking to BLASPHEMY.

18. Only when we realize WHO the
grace comes from can we better
comprehend the MAGNITUDE
of the grace He offers.
Jesus’ justification for WORKING on the Sabbath
was that His Father WORKS on the Sabbath.
The charge has escalated from SABBATH
breaking to BLASPHEMY.
The magnitude of grace is dependent on both
the DESIRE and ABILITY of the giver.

19. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
NEXT STEPS
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on the ways God gives grace
( ) Meditate on the blessings that flow from
God’s grace
( ) Ponder my response to God’s grace
( ) Contemplate what is meant by the
sufficiency of God’s grace
( ) Other________________________