JESUS RESTORES HOPE GOSPEL OF JOHN LESSon #24Sermon Notes |
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Date of Sermon: June 11, 2023
Main Idea: Jesus restores hope to the hopeless Key Verse: “Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” John 5:8 Bible reading: 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda. which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Outline: I. Hope is Lost (1-5) A. Jesus seeks out the hopeless (1-2) B. A multitude of hopeless (3) C. Some have lost all hope (5) II. Hope is Restored (6-9) A. A probing question (6) B. Hopelessness revealed (7) C. Jesus’ word gives reason for hope (8) D. Hope realized through faith and obedience (9) |