We
live in a world whereby people are getting continuously overwhelmed by the
difficulties of life. Some folks are already losing confidence in the
infallibility of God's Word, and resorting to alternative measures. Yet, the
unbelief of man will never invalidate nor reduce the potency of the Word of God
(Rom. 3:3-4).
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:22).
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2).
About
four categories of people perceive Jesus in different ways:
The
first category sees Him strictly as the Saviour, who is solely responsible for
their salvation, protection, healing, provision, etc. They don’t necessarily see Him as their Lord.
The
second category sees Him as the Lord, who instructs them, who rules and reigns
over their lives, to whom they own their allegiance. They don’t necessarily believe that He is able and willing to save,
deliver, protect them…
The
third category sees Him neither as the Lord nor as the Saviour. They just have
an abstract view about the person and the knowledge of Christ. They are just
cool as regular church-goers who don’t really care about Jesus.
Jesus
came all the way, to Jerusalem, at the pool of Bethesda where a large multitude
of sick people gathered. They were blind, lame and paralysed, waiting for the
troubling (stirring) of the water by the angel.
Remember,
the blind and the lame once dominated Jerusalem before captured the city (2
Samuel 5:6-8).
Here
was the Messiah, the miracle worker, right there before the people, but nobody
was sensitive enough to recognise Him. They were all carried away with the
troubling of the water.
Jesus
saw a man who had infirmity for thirty-eight years and engaged him in a
conversation. ‘Do you want to be made whole?’ was the question Jesus asked him, but his reply didn’t portray that of someone who actually needed the touch of
God.
By
the mercy of the living God, Jesus healed him. The Lord spoke authoritatively
to his life: 'Rise! Take up your bed and walk...'
And
immediately, the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked...
As
you look unto Jesus today, you are made whole. You are healed! You are free
from the shackles of sin, oppression, spiritual blindness, lameness,
paralysis... Burdens are lifted, yokes are destroyed in the name of Jesus
Christ...
PST. NATHANIEL SADELA
Resident Pastor
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