Sermon
That You May Have Life: Gospel of John Series (October 15th, 2023)
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Drew Stevenson
October 22, 2023 · 39 min
Summary
Jesus heals a paralyzed man at Bethesda and offers him rest from self-pity, religious burdens, and spiritual destruction. Through this miracle, Jesus demonstrates his authority to free people from despair and calls listeners to abandon negative identities and embrace new life as children of God.
Highlights
If he has that kind of authority over the physical universe, then maybe he also has that kind of authority in the moral universe.
The heart of God in giving his law was not to place further burdens on people, but it was to take burdens away.
Your real problem is not your health or your marriage or your kids or your job. Your real problem is the brokenness in your relationship with God because you have responded to him with bitterness and anger and self-pity.