Faith, Healing, and Hope in Christ's Promise
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"So some Bibles, when they're translated, leave it out. But then a lot of people will ask, well, then why did some of the old copies, if it's God's word, right? It doesn't change. Why do some of the old copies have it and some of the new copies don't? And the most popular theory about this is that when John originally wrote it, right, John was actually with Jesus. And when he originally wrote it, and then the first few copies of his writings that came out, that story of the angel stirring up the water and the first person in got healed and all that, that was probably like common knowledge." [00:04:14] (33 seconds)
"Everybody kind of knew that. And so they probably didn't think they needed to explain it because everybody then knew what was going on when he said the water got stirred up. But then later, when different scribes were recopying the book, the story of the water stirring was maybe forgotten or it was less common or less popular or something. So some scribes probably thought, I better clarify what this means for future generations." [00:05:37] (25 seconds)
"And as we've been saying, one of the great ways to do that is to kind of insert yourself into the story. Like, what if I was there? Like, you know, if I was one of those characters in this story, how would I feel? If I was one of the characters in this story, what would I do? What should I do? If my goal is to live this rich, satisfying, abundant, purposeful, holy, amazing life that Jesus came to give me, it probably starts with me asking, who represents me in this story? Who am I in this story?" [00:07:54] (29 seconds)
"And maybe that's how you feel about some of your blindness, some of your brokenness or some of your stuckness. Maybe you feel hopeless. Maybe you just feel like this is just the way it's always going to be for me. You know, physically I'm just sick, that's the way it is. I'm emotionally, you know, it's just I'm broken, this is the way it is, it's permanent. And spiritually I'm just stuck, you know, it's not going to get better and this relationship is just not going to get better, it's just hopeless." [00:27:43] (35 seconds)
"I don't have control over him and neither do you. And for reasons that we may not understand, he does not heal every brokenness in this life the way we want it to. Again, would you worship a God that you could completely understand or you could completely control? But someday, when his kingdom has fully come, his promise is that he'll make all things new. That he'll dry every tear, every brokenness. He'll right every wrong. So for here, for now, we acknowledge that his ways are higher." [00:30:24] (39 seconds)
"Wouldn't it be tragic if you were saying, I'm broken. I need healing. I need a miracle. Jesus, what are you waiting on? And he was saying, what are you waiting on? I don't know everything, but I do know James 4 too tells us, sometimes we have not because we ask not. And I don't know everything, but I do know lots of scripture shows us that God is moved by our faith." [00:31:02] (32 seconds)
"And I don't know everything, but we see in this story, as we've said lots of times, almost every miracle since creation, God loves partnering with us. And I don't know everything, but I know this, particularly in this story, we see Jesus doing a miracle of healing as... This man took actual steps in faith. So lots of times I'll ask, who's up for something weird? But I'll tell you what, today, we're gonna do something, I mean, this shouldn't be weird to us at all." [00:31:35] (29 seconds)
"Maybe he would say what you need to do is take a step and start spending some more time in worship, or more time in prayer, or more time in scripture. There's a step that you're going to take. He's going to do the healing, but maybe there's a step that he would have you take in faith. And we have another ministry here called Freedom Prayer. It's really great for people that feel stuck spiritually. That's, man, I'm not moving forward. I don't know what's keeping me from moving forward." [00:36:07] (24 seconds)
"Maybe it's with your kids, or your parents, or your friends, or your family, or your marriage is broken. And that's where you need healing. And God's the one that does the healing, right? But maybe there's a step in faith that you need to take. Maybe it's time for you and your spouse to have a talk. God's going to do the healing, but you take that step. Maybe you and your spouse need to read a book together." [00:36:46] (24 seconds)
"Fathers, we look at you and the perfection of you and the perfection of Jesus, and we look in the mirror and see ourselves. We can see that we are broken. I mean, physically and mentally, spiritually, relationally, circumstantially, in so many ways. We're not yet like Jesus. We're broken. And God, we want healing. And we're like this man. We're helpless to fix ourselves. We know that you are the healer. You're the only healer." [00:38:03] (30 seconds)
"So God, whatever our brokenness is, I just pray that for everyone here who has some brokenness in their hand right now, in their mind right now, in their lives right now, that you would reveal to them the steps they need to take. You're the healer. These steps don't heal us, but we want to participate in our miracle. God, we want to give you an opportunity. We want to create space for you to heal us in some other ways, maybe medically, maybe therapeutically, maybe through counseling, maybe through any, you could heal any way that you want to." [00:39:23] (31 seconds)
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"Everybody kind of knew that. And so they probably didn't think they needed to explain it because everybody then knew what was going on when he said the water got stirred up. But then later, when different scribes were recopying the book, the story of the water stirring was maybe forgotten or it was less common or less popular or something. So some scribes probably thought, I better clarify what this means for future generations." [00:05:37] (25 seconds)
"And as we've been saying, one of the great ways to do that is to kind of insert yourself into the story. Like, what if I was there? Like, you know, if I was one of those characters in this story, how would I feel? If I was one of the characters in this story, what would I do? What should I do? If my goal is to live this rich, satisfying, abundant, purposeful, holy, amazing life that Jesus came to give me, it probably starts with me asking, who represents me in this story? Who am I in this story?" [00:07:54] (29 seconds)
"And maybe that's how you feel about some of your blindness, some of your brokenness or some of your stuckness. Maybe you feel hopeless. Maybe you just feel like this is just the way it's always going to be for me. You know, physically I'm just sick, that's the way it is. I'm emotionally, you know, it's just I'm broken, this is the way it is, it's permanent. And spiritually I'm just stuck, you know, it's not going to get better and this relationship is just not going to get better, it's just hopeless." [00:27:43] (35 seconds)
"I don't have control over him and neither do you. And for reasons that we may not understand, he does not heal every brokenness in this life the way we want it to. Again, would you worship a God that you could completely understand or you could completely control? But someday, when his kingdom has fully come, his promise is that he'll make all things new. That he'll dry every tear, every brokenness. He'll right every wrong. So for here, for now, we acknowledge that his ways are higher." [00:30:24] (39 seconds)
"Wouldn't it be tragic if you were saying, I'm broken. I need healing. I need a miracle. Jesus, what are you waiting on? And he was saying, what are you waiting on? I don't know everything, but I do know James 4 too tells us, sometimes we have not because we ask not. And I don't know everything, but I do know lots of scripture shows us that God is moved by our faith." [00:31:02] (32 seconds)
"And I don't know everything, but we see in this story, as we've said lots of times, almost every miracle since creation, God loves partnering with us. And I don't know everything, but I know this, particularly in this story, we see Jesus doing a miracle of healing as... This man took actual steps in faith. So lots of times I'll ask, who's up for something weird? But I'll tell you what, today, we're gonna do something, I mean, this shouldn't be weird to us at all." [00:31:35] (29 seconds)
"Maybe he would say what you need to do is take a step and start spending some more time in worship, or more time in prayer, or more time in scripture. There's a step that you're going to take. He's going to do the healing, but maybe there's a step that he would have you take in faith. And we have another ministry here called Freedom Prayer. It's really great for people that feel stuck spiritually. That's, man, I'm not moving forward. I don't know what's keeping me from moving forward." [00:36:07] (24 seconds)
"Maybe it's with your kids, or your parents, or your friends, or your family, or your marriage is broken. And that's where you need healing. And God's the one that does the healing, right? But maybe there's a step in faith that you need to take. Maybe it's time for you and your spouse to have a talk. God's going to do the healing, but you take that step. Maybe you and your spouse need to read a book together." [00:36:46] (24 seconds)
"Fathers, we look at you and the perfection of you and the perfection of Jesus, and we look in the mirror and see ourselves. We can see that we are broken. I mean, physically and mentally, spiritually, relationally, circumstantially, in so many ways. We're not yet like Jesus. We're broken. And God, we want healing. And we're like this man. We're helpless to fix ourselves. We know that you are the healer. You're the only healer." [00:38:03] (30 seconds)
"So God, whatever our brokenness is, I just pray that for everyone here who has some brokenness in their hand right now, in their mind right now, in their lives right now, that you would reveal to them the steps they need to take. You're the healer. These steps don't heal us, but we want to participate in our miracle. God, we want to give you an opportunity. We want to create space for you to heal us in some other ways, maybe medically, maybe therapeutically, maybe through counseling, maybe through any, you could heal any way that you want to." [00:39:23] (31 seconds)
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