JOHN 5:7-9 THE IMPOTENT MAN ANSWERED HIM
SIR` I HAVE NO MAN ,WHEN THE WATER IS
TROUBLED TO PUT ME INTO THE POOL; BUT WHILE
I`M COMING ,ANOTHER STEPPETH DOWN BEFORE
ME
8. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM ,RISE,TAKE UP THY BED AND WALK
9.AND IMMEDIATLEY THE MAN WAS MADE
WHOLE,TOOK UP HIS BED AND WALKEDAND ON
THE SAME DAY WAS THE SABBATH
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD
(A BRIDGE THAT LEANS OVER TROUBLED WATER)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
JESUS IS AT THE FEAST OF FEASTIVLS
AND HE ENTERED THIS FEAST BY THE SHEEP GATE AND CAME TO A POOL CALLED BETHESDA
AND THERE AT THE POOL WAS SOME SICK FOLKS
WHO WHERE IMPOTENT,HALT ,BLIND AND
WITHERED
AND THESE PEOPLE AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA
WAS IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT THEY DID`NT
WON`T TO BE IN
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD WE ALL FIND
OURSELVES IN SOME SITUATIONS THAT WE DON`T
WANT TO BE IN
YOUR SITUATION MIGHT BE ONE THING AND MINES
MIGHT BE ANOTHER
BUT IN LIFE WE ALL FIND OURSELVES IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS
FOR IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN 3 SITUATIONS IN LIFE
AND THAT IS GOING INTO A SITUATION
IN THE MIDDLE OF A SITUATION
OR COMING OUT OF A SITUATION
AND JUST IN CASE THERE IS SOMEONE UNDER THE
SOUND OF MY VOICE IS COMING OUT OF A
SITUATION I NEED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET
READ UP –PRAYED UP AND SUITED UP IN THE
ARMOR OF GOD BECAUSE ANOTHER SITUATION
JUST MIGHT BE HEADED YOUR WAY
THAT WE DON`T WON`T TO BE IN
SOME SITUATIONS THAT ARE UNWANTED
SITUATIONS THAT ARE UNFAVORABLE
SITUATIONS THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
SEE WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH MORE BILLS
THAN MONEY –YOUR IN A BAD SITUATION
WHEN YOUR FRIENDS TALK MORE ABOUT YOU THAN TO YOU -----YOUR IN A BAD SITUATION
WHEN YOU SPEND MORE TIME AT ANNIE MAE`S
AND THE CABBAGE PATCH THEN YOU DO AT THE
LORD`S HOUSE ---YOUR IN A BAD SITUATION WHEN YOU RATHER PLAY LOTTERY TICKETS THAN
PAY YOUR TITHES AND OFFERING- YOUR IN A BAD
SITUATION
THESE PEOPLE IN THE TEXT WHO ARE AT THE POOL
OF BETHESDA WAS IN A SITUATION THAY THEY
DID`NT WANT TO BE IN
THE RECORD REVEALS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE
AT THE POOL
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN A CERTAIN SEASON THAT
AN ANGEL CAME DOWN AND STIRRED THE WATER
AND WHOEVER GOT IN FRIST WOULD BE HEALED
OF WHAT EVER
BUT WHAT THE PEOPLE AT THE POOL FAIL TO
REALIZE
THERE WAS NO NEED TO WAIT ON THE ANGEL
BECAUSE IN THER MIDIST WAS A BRIDGE THAT
LEANS OVER TROUBLED WATER
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT JESUS IS ABRIDGE THAT
LEANS OVER TROUBLED WATER
THE TEXT REVEALS THAT AT THIS POOL WAS MAN
THAT HAD BEEN BOUND BY HIS CONDITION FOR 38
YEARS
WHO HAD AN IMFIRMITY AND WAS CRIPPLE
AND JUST LIKE THIS MAN WAS CRIPPLED
PHYSICALLY
THERE IS A LOT OF US WHO PROFESS TO BE THE
BLOOD BOUGHT SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD
WHO ARE CRIPPLED SPIRITUALLY
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD`S HOUSE LIFTING UP
HOLY HANDS BUT WON`T LIFT A HAND TO HELP
SOMEBODY -----YOUR CRIPPLE
WHEN YOU COME TO GOD`S HOUSE RASING $
10.000 WORTH OF HELL AND WON`T EVEN PUT A DOLLAR IN THE COLLECTION PLATE YOU ARE –
CRIPPLED
WHEN YOU GOSSIP MORE THAN YOU SHARE THE GOSPEL ---YOUR CRIPPLED
WHEN YOU SPEND MORE TIME ON THE HELL OF
PHONE THAN YOU DO THE WORD OF GOD YOUR
CRIPPLED
A BAD ATTIDUDE WILL CRIPPLE YOU
WHEN YOU RATHER BE A SUNDAY MORNING
STANDOUT AND A WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE CLASS
YOUR CRIPPLED
THIS MAN IN THE TEXT WAS CRIPPLE FOR 38 YRS BUT WHEN JESUS SHOWED UP .
AND YOU DO KNOW WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP HE
ALWAYS SHOWS OUT
BECAUSE WHEN JESUS SHOWED UP (GRACE &
MERCY SHOWED UP
WHEN JESUS SHOWED UP HEALING SHOWED UP
A DOCTOR IN A SICK ROOM SHOWED UP
WHEN JESUS SHOWED UP DELIVERANCE SHOWED
UP
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHAT THIS MAN NEEDED THE MOST COULD NOT
BE FOUND IN THE POOL
BUT WHAT HE NEEDED THE MOST WAS JESUS
CHRIST
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS YOU HAVE ALL
YOU NEED
THE RECORD REVEALS
THAT JESUS ASK THIS MAN A 5 WORD QUESTION
AND THE MAN IN THE TEXT GAVE JESUS A 27 WORD EXCUSE
BUT I NEED TO PULL OVER AND PUT ON MY
EMERGENCY PRAISE FLASHERS
AND LET YOU KNOW THAT JESUS IS ASKING US THE
SAME QUESTION
WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE
BUT WHAT KIND OF EXCUSE OR YOU GIVING JESUS
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WHEN JESUS ASK THE MAN WILL THOU BE MADE WHOLE
JESUS WAS TELLING THE MAN TO TAKE HIS MIND
OFF OF THE WATER IN THE POOL
AND PUT HIS MIND ON HIM
WHO WAS A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
WELL THE 1ST THING I NOTICE ABOUT THE MAN IN
THE TEXT
WHEN JESUS ASK HIM WILL THOU BE MADE WHOLE
1. THE MAN BEGIN TO PLAY THE BLAME GAME
HE BEGAN TO BLAME OTHERS FOR N0T
HELPING INTO THE POOL WHEN THE ANGEL
TROUBLED THE WATER
BUT HE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT HE HAD HELP IN
A TIME OF TROUBLE IN HIS PRESENCE
WELL NOT ONLY DID HE PLAY THE BLAME
GAME BY BLAMING OTHERS
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BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT HE WAS
LIVING IN THE PAST
HE WAS LIVING IN HIS PAST BY TELL JESUS
SOMEONE ALWAYS BEAT HIM GETTING INTO
THE WATER
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU MY BROTHERS AND
SISTER
WHEN YOU STAY FOCUS ON YOUR PAST IT
HINDERS YOU FROM GRABBING HOLD TO THE
BRIGHT FUTURE THAT GOD HAS BEFORE YOU
(TELL STORY ABOUT LITTLE BOY HAND STUCK IN
THE VASE
AND THAT’S WHAT OUR DADDY IS TELLING ME
AND YOU THAT IF WE LET GO OF OUR PAST
OUR PAST WILL LET GO OF ME AND YOU
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WELL NOT ONLY DID HE PLAY THE BLAME
GAME AND LIVE IN HIS PAST
BUT THE RECORD REVEALS THAT
HE THOUGHT WHAT HE NEEDED WAS IN THE
WATER
BUT HE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT WHAT HE REALLY
NEEDED WAS IN HIS PRESENCE AND THAT WAS
JESUS
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
JESUS
YOU HAVE A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND
A SHELTHER IN THE MIDIST OF THE STORM
I SAY ---WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS
YOU HAVE THE APPLE OF GOD`S EYE WHO IS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH
YOU HAVE A DOCTOR IN THE SICK ROOM
A LAWYER IN THE COURT ROOM
A COMPANY KEEPER IN A LONELY HOUR
WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS YOU HAVE THE ONE
THAT ---HEROD COULD`NT KILL
SIN COULD`NT SEDUCE
DEATH COULD`NT CONTAIN HIM
AND THE GRAVE COULD`NT HOLD HIM
YOU HAVE THE ONE WHO DIED ON AN OLD
RUGGED CROSS
BURIED IN A BORROWED TOMB
BUT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ---SUNDAY
MORNING HE GOT UP
WITH ALL POWER ---ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IN HIS HANDS
