Podcast
No One Else is Coming
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Tony Lee, with Hannah Beth
August 28, 2025 · 33 min
Summary
John 5 presents a man paralyzed 38 years who tried self-effort, relational dependence, and superstitious spirituality—all failed. Jesus speaks two words, 'Get up,' healing him completely. The sermon argues that worldly solutions cannot fix spiritual brokenness; only encountering Jesus offers true salvation and wholeness.
Highlights
Jesus was willing to go to the pool rather than a party to meet a really broken person—no matter what your background is, Jesus would rather go to a pool surrounded by broken people than to a party surrounded by beautiful people.
No one else is coming for you. No self-help guru is coming for you, no person is coming for you that can heal your soul, no spirituality can hold the weight of your life.
The beauty of the gospel is this: Jesus does not say that he's another avenue that you can try. He says it is finished. The trying is over.