IT’S COMMON GROUND!
J. SERIES | Living Water Pt. 3
John 5.1-18

Do you want to be healed?

Seems like a silly question doesn’t it. Especially if you are asking someone who is significantly sick—someone who has been sick for years.  Especially if that someone is at some kind of hospital—some place of (perceived) healing.  It’s asking the obvious isn’t it?  When we are sick, we are quick to reach for a remedy.  We get sick, we get antibiotics.  We break a leg, we get a cast. We typically want to be well.  

Or do we? 

Always?

In our sin condition, we can find ourselves seeking the wrong medicine.  We often reach towards temporal, worldly antidotes to heal our broken nature.  On the other hand, we might  avoid the idea of recovery altogether.  The idea of being cured—functional—WELL can be overwhelming. We might not immediately respond, “YES!” to the question. It might feel easier to just stay sick.

This week we listen in on another conversation with Jesus.  He meets such a man—at such a place—with such a sickness.  We lean in as he asks this question and the man—as well as the religious leaders—respond.

I love your hearts!
Bryan

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