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23 - JOHN 5:1-47 - JESUS: CONTROVERSY THROUGH A HEALING</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
5:1 JESUS: AT A JEWISH FEAST. “After these <i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">
was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem” (NNT). </span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">We
will </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">not</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
have this man reign over us (Luke 19:14). This was Your will Father,
for Jesus. You sent Him as a King to reign; but His own, the Jews,
rejected Him. But we recognize Him as Messiah, King of kings and Lord
of lords! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2. 5:8-9a (5:2-9a) JESUS:
HEALS AN IMPOTENT MAN. “:Jesus said to him, Arise, take up your
:bed, and walk. </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">9a</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And straightway the man became whole, and took up his :bed and
walked.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
power! What Majesty You manifested through Your Son Jesus, Father!
Not one word He spoke; not one miracle He did - but was initiated by
</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">You</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
He was a </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">perfect
servant</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
the Son of God, the Son of man! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
5:24 (5:9b-27) JESUS: PERSECUTED BY THE JEWS. “Amen, Amen, I say
unto you [that], Who hears my :word, and believes him that sent me,
has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of
:death into :life.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
this must have angered the Jews who received not Your Son Father, as
Your choice as the Son of man! But we believe He </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">is</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the Son of God, the Messiah; and that life comes through faith in Him
and in His Name! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
5:28-29 JESUS: CONFIRMS THE RESURRECTION. “Marvel not </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">at</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
this: for </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
hour comes, in which all they in the tombs shall hear his :voice, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">29</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and shall come forth; who have done the good </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things,
</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">unto
resurrection of life; who have practiced the evil </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things,
</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">unto
resurrection of judgment.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
an amazing revelation! But we believe it! O forgive us Father, that
ofttimes our faith is weak! </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Help</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
our unbelief! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
5:30 JESUS: PERFECT SERVANT OF THE FATHER. “I can of myself do
nothing: as I hear, I judge: and :my :judgment is righteous; because
I seek not MY :will, but the will of him that sent me.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
marvel at the humility and perfect servant spirit of Your Son,
Father! He is a personification of </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">all</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the Beatitudes! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
5:33-35 (5:31-40) JESUS: HIS DOUBLE WITNESS. “You have sent unto
John, and he has witnessed to the truth. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">34</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But I receive not the witness from man: however, I say these things</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
that </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">YOU
be saved. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">35</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
HE was the burning and shining :lamp; and YOU were willing to rejoice
for an hour in his :light.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
prophecies of the Old Covenant point to Your Son Jesus, Father. We
pray to You in heaven and in Him. We worship You and trust You! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
lead us not into temptation.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
5:44 (5:41-47) JESUS: HONORED BY MOSES. “How can YOU believe,
receiving glory one of another, and the glory :from the only God you
seek not?” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">For
many, the fear of man exceeds the fear of You, Father! How tragic!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
5:19 (9b-27) JESUS' EYE ON THE FATHER! “:Jesus therefore
answered </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">and</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
said to them, Amen, Amen, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of
himself, but what he sees the Father doing: for whatever </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
HE does, these the Son also does likewise.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
as Jesus did nothing apart form You, we would please You by doing
nothing apart from Him!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus
was born a Jew into a Jewish family (descendants of King David) - as
the “Son of man.” But as a true Jew - not a Pharisee, he was
Torah Observant, but not man's “Tradition Oriented rules.” He
kept the <br>Torah, but not the Talmud or Mishnah.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">But
He came to inaugurate a New Covenant, namely Himself! which made Him
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Lord</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the Sabbath - not captivated by the Torah. And in 70 AD, just as
He prophesied, the Temple was destroyed by Titus, Roman Caesar, and
no longer could Jews be fully Torah Observant, for 200 of the 613
Torah commands were Temple oriented. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Now</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- what Jesus accomplished in His Finished Work at Calvary, fulfilled
all Torah Types and Shadows! Gentiles were freed from being Torah
Observant - and even Paul and Peter when with Gentiles - </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">ate
with them</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">So
- all this controversy Jesus underwent in His 3-year earthly ministry
- was really the death-pangs - and birth-pangs of the ending of the
Old Covenant and the birthing of the New. The Book of Hebrews spells
this out theologically speaking in a </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">full</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
manner.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">So
why did God have Moses and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration
with His Son - speaking of His rejection and death for the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">sin</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the world? For it was the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">sin-question</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Adam introduced to the world through disobedience through the medium
of Satan - that Jesus looked after. Individual sins are merely the
fruit that naturally follows the sin that entered the world through
Adam - namely the nature and essence of Satan. We are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">all</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
born with this. See Ephesians 2:2, which reveals that we once walked
according to </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">the
prince of the power of the air</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">the
spirit</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that now works in the sons of disobedience. (The Book of Hebrews
contrasts Jesus with Moses, to answer the above question.)</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">To
thoroughly understand the significance of </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">this</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
verse, is to understand the above. The law, the Torah, was given as a
schoolmaster to keep our sin and disobedient nature </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">in
check</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
until Jesus came as </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">our
New Covenant</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Himself, and through fulfilling the Type of Passover and Pentecost,
imparted into us </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">His
nature</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
</span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">His
heritage</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
which replaces all the types and Shadows of the Old Covenant - and
all the wickedness and deception of Satan through Adam.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">George Muller saw this Truth
extremely clearly. God would have us to see and understand it clearly
also. The Book of Galatians is a key book to help us from again being
enslaved in the Old. The Book of Hebrews also.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
today are in a day of transition. The Invisible Kingdom of God
ushered into the hearts of believers 2000 years ago, is about to be
manifested openly by the Return of Jesus as Judge, King of kings and
Lord of lords - to rule in peace for 1000 years over all the earth
through Israel. This will be a </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">true</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
replacement of the unworthy United Nations.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Even
so, come </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">quickly</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
Lord Jesus!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
now - our Psalm for the day! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">83:5b-8
(83:1-18) O GOD, DO NOT KEEP SILENCE! “Against </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">you</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
they make a covenant - </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">8</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children
of Lot. </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Selah</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">O
Jehovah Father, it is for the honor of Your Name that we ask You to
deliver us from our enemies! And Israel from the above 10 nations
also! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
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