{"id":918,"date":"2024-10-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=918&2024"},"modified":"2024-09-26T18:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T00:00:06","slug":"leaving-a-sinful-life-john-5-1-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/leaving-a-sinful-life-john-5-1-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving a Sinful Life: John 5:1-15"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: John 5:1-15 (HCSB)<\/div>
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1\u00a0<\/sup>After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2\u00a0<\/sup>By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades. 3\u00a0<\/sup>Within these lay a large number of the sick\u2014blind, lame, and paralyzed [\u2014waiting for the moving of the water, 4\u00a0<\/sup>because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had].<\/p>

5\u00a0<\/sup>One man was there who had been sick for 38 years. 6\u00a0<\/sup>When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, \u201cDo you want to get well?\u201d<\/p>

7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cSir,\u201d the sick man answered, \u201cI don\u2019t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I\u2019m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.\u201d<\/p>

8\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cGet up,\u201d Jesus told him, \u201cpick up your mat and walk!\u201d 9\u00a0<\/sup>Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.<\/p>

Now that day was the Sabbath, 10\u00a0<\/sup>so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, \u201cThis is the Sabbath! It\u2019s illegal for you to pick up your mat.\u201d<\/p>

11\u00a0<\/sup>He replied, \u201cThe man who made me well told me, \u2018Pick up your mat and walk.\u2019\u201d<\/p>

12\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWho is this man who told you, \u2018Pick up your mat and walk\u2019?\u201d they asked. 13\u00a0<\/sup>But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.<\/p>

14\u00a0<\/sup>After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, \u201cSee, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn\u2019t happen to you.\u201d 15\u00a0<\/sup>The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.<\/p>\r\n

Read John 5:1-15<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

One of the strangest conclusions to all of the miracles and healings that Jesus ever performed comes at the close of the healing by the pool of Bethesda that John includes in his gospel. In this healing, Jesus comes to a pool where sick people gathered, singles one person out who had been there for a long time, heals him, then disappears into the crowd before the healed man could thank Him.<\/p>\r\n

However, one of Jesus\u2019 instructions for the man was to pick up his sleeping mat, and that upset the religious leaders in the area. The main reason was that the day this healing happened was the Sabbath, and it was to be a day of rest \u2013 and carrying one\u2019s mat was not resting.<\/p>\r\n

But with all this said, the last two verses of this event conclude this story in a strange way. John tells us, \u201cAfter this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, \u2018See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn\u2019t happen to you.\u2019 The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 14-15)<\/p>\r\n

After Jesus had healed him, this man goes and basically rats Jesus out for being his Healer. This doesn\u2019t make sense, but even more confusing are Jesus\u2019 final words to this man. \u201cSee, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn\u2019t happen to you.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 14b)<\/p>\r\n

Perhaps the man believed that disobeying the religious leaders was sinning, and he felt he was obeying Jesus by communicating to the leaders that Jesus healed him. Or perhaps Jesus\u2019 message was meant as a challenge for moving forward.<\/p>\r\n

We don\u2019t know anything about this man before or after this event. Implied in Jesus\u2019 words is that the man was sick and\/or disabled because of a past sinful life. Jesus\u2019 final message to him is to stay away from that sinful life so that something even worse doesn\u2019t happen to him.<\/p>\r\n

In this warning and challenge Jesus gave this man is a theme we can all use in our own lives. While avoiding sin doesn\u2019t stop bad things from happening to us, avoiding sin does stop a good percentage of bad things from happening. The principle Jesus is communicating is that who we associate with will either bring us health or will bring us harm. The quality of our friends determines the quality of our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This man was given a fresh start after 38 years of illness. He had the choice whether to return to his old life, or start a new one. Each of us doesn\u2019t have to face 38 years of consequences in order to choose to turn our lives around. This miracle teaches us that a new life with Jesus can begin today.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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