John
5 … 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the
Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude
of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the
water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled
the water:whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was
made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case,
he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled,
to put me into the pool:but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up
his bed, and walked:and on the same day was the sabbath.
10
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day:it is
not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 11 He answered them, He that made me
whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12
Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed,
and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was:for Jesus had conveyed
himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him
in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest
a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
It is Jesus who makes each of us whole.
Can’t we remember what we used to be? How we used to live before we were “touched”
by God through Jesus through the Holy Spirit?
Paul says it in following:
I
Cor. 6 … 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God? Be not deceived:neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you:but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
When God communicates with us, we are changed immediately and made whole immediately.
God has made us into a “new creature” … old things are over now, passed away.
II Cor. 5 … 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature:old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And
all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ,
God gives us the Spirit of Jesus, The Holy Spirit,
to dwell in us and show us the way of God as we continue on this present earth.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of TRUTH. The Holy Spirit calls to our mind things of
God, of scripture, of dreams given by God, of words given by God so that we can
know the way God wants us to go when we deal with the specific issues of this
present life.
Jn.
14:26 … (Jesus says) … 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the
Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto
you.
Jn.
16:13 …13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:for he shall not
speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear (from God), that shall he speak:and he will shew you
things to come.
The
Holy Spirit dwells inside each child of God.
After
we are born again and have the Spirit of Jesus inside us, we have many
experiences along this lifetime where the Holy Spirit reminds us of something
to show us the way to go when we are dealing with an issue of this present
life.
One morning I awoke after having a difficult
dream. My whole countenance was
disturbed by this dream.
Then I turned to God in prayer asking for help.
All of a sudden, I began thinking of Jesus.
Jesus
came to earth in the flesh and died for our sins. Jesus was placed in tomb with opening of tomb
sealed with big stone. God sent his angel and moved the stone and God raised
Jesus from the dead.
After
Jesus was raised from dead, HE appeared to more than 500 people before
ascending into heaven.
Now
Jesus sits at right hand of God and intercedes for us.
God
will send Jesus back to get us. Those
who are dead in Christ will arise from graves and meet Jesus in the air.
Those
who are alive on this earth will then be changed in bodily form and given a new
body which cannot be harmed. They will
be changed in a blinking of the eye and arise to meet Jesus and the others who
have been raised from the dead. (I Thess.
4 & I Cor. 15)
By thinking on these truths, I was made whole again
from being disturbed by the dream. Like
the man at the pool, it was Jesus who made me whole.
We are continually made whole by Jesus through the
Holy Spirit as we dwell on this present earth.
Another
example:
My neighbor was robbed. He came to tell me how thieves had broken
into his house and had stolen his flat screen TV.
A day or two after hearing this story, I decided to
disconnect my front doorbell. People
often come to my house to try to sell me things I don’t want to buy and when
they ring the doorbell, if I am asleep, it awakens me. I need a certain amount of sleep to be able
to do my work in the church assigned me by God.
After I disconnected my doorbell, the following thought
came to my mind: “They will ring your doorbell and when you do not answer they will
think no one is home and they will break into your house and steal your TV.”
I cried out to God … “Help me, please”
And into my mind the Holy Spirit said: “You have insurance.”
I rejoiced, saying, “That’s right.”
It was Jesus who made me whole …
Another
example:
It was the time of my birthday. A women sent me a birthday card. She placed a note in the card telling about
the recent wedding of her grandson. (I
have no grandson.)
She told of their recent holiday and all the people
who came to dinner with her and husband.
(I have no husband.)
She told of future plans with her daughter. (I have no daughter.)
Immediately, the following came to my mind by Holy Spirit: “You
are dead and your life is hid in Christ.”
“That’s
right,” I shouted! I
was so happy. I rejoiced in Christ, in
the Word of God on this subject.
Col.
3 … 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your
life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall
appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
If it had not been for the Holy Spirit reminding me
of this truth, I would have been pulled down by the words of the note in the
birthday card. Instead of this, I
rejoiced.
Nehemiah
8:10 … Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto
them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither
be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
My strength is that WORD given me by God in the
various troubles that come in this present life. The joy of that WORD given me by God is my
strength which overcomes that which would trouble me on this earth.
Thus the apostle instructs us to do the following:
I
Peter 5:7 … Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE
careth for you.