SERMON NOTES
Jesus: The Great Physician
John 5:1-9
STAND and READ
v1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now
there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew,
Bethesda, having five porches.
v3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the
moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred
up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well
of whatever disease he had.
v5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When
Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a
long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
v7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the
water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
v8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man
was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
In Jerusalem By the Pool vv1-2
Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD
your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast
of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles...
Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and
built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors.
The Legend of the Pool vv3-4
Jesus and His Question? vv5-7
Jesus and His Three Commands vv8-9
Jeremiah 17:21 Thus says the LORD: “Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on
the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Luke 6:10-11 He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand
was restored as whole as the other. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with
one another what they might do to Jesus.
John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
John 5:1-9
STAND and READ
v1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now
there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew,
Bethesda, having five porches.
v3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the
moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred
up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well
of whatever disease he had.
v5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When
Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a
long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
v7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the
water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
v8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man
was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
In Jerusalem By the Pool vv1-2
Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD
your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast
of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles...
Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and
built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors.
The Legend of the Pool vv3-4
Jesus and His Question? vv5-7
Jesus and His Three Commands vv8-9
Jeremiah 17:21 Thus says the LORD: “Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on
the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Luke 6:10-11 He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand
was restored as whole as the other. But they were filled with rage, and discussed with
one another what they might do to Jesus.
John 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.