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Oct 31, 2021

Bethesda Brawl

Passage: John 5:1-18

Preacher: Bob Grove

Series:The Gospel of John

Detail:

1. The hurting
• Coping with life (vv. 1–3)
• Confused about faith (vv. 3–8)

2. The hecklers
• Controlling people with rules (9b–13)

Exodus 20:8–11: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”

Sabbath worship was about a relationship with the Creator, not about rules!

• Conniving to persecute and kill Jesus (14–18)

3. The Healer
• Compassionate with the hurting
• Confrontational with the truth

Who is allowed to correct you?

How do you react when Jesus corrects you?