God's Healing For Long-Term Conditions—Lessons From John 5 | GRC Online | Joseph Prince

[Music] with the nail in your hands your love is broken through you put a death through the veil that was keeping me from you with a nail in your hands your love has broken through by your wounds we are healed this is how mercy was revealed the empty grave the final word how strong and how wide how deep is your faithful [Music] love [Music] that was keeping me [Music] that was keeping me from you with a nail in your hands your love is broken through this is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] if your work cannot be there's nothing that could ever separate us there's nothing that could ever separate us [Music] how deep is your [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] no [Music] hey grc online i am so happy to see all of you today isn't an amazing thing that all of us across the u.s from coast to coast from the east coast to the west coast to every place in between also with our friends in canada get to come around the centrality of the person of jesus and his finished work as we continue to transform from glory to glory effortlessly by his grace just by beholding it's a beautiful thing that the church is not a building the church is not just an organization or a good idea the church is a body and more specifically the church is the body of christ and you are in the body of christ and you're a part of this body grc online we're so thankful for you and you're going to receive some amazing things from god today can i get a good amen in the chat i'm excited for today because today we're going to hear a message from pastor prince that he preached in 2017 the name of the message is god's healing for long-term conditions and i've shared this message with people who have been struggling with long-term conditions waiting wondering like where's the full manifestation of the healing that i know was paid for at the cross well they they were blessed by it and i believe many of them have walked in a greater victory and fuller manifestation of what jesus paid to give them at that cross which is healing wholeness and health in their bodies and in your bodies on this side of heaven so if it's you struggling in your body with a long-term condition let me just encourage you god's got something for you today he wants to encourage you that it's his heart to see you well he already did it all at the cross through his son and we're gonna lay hold of a greater fuller manifestation of what he paid to give us already and it's going to start today it's a new day if you know somebody that's struggling with the condition in their body for a long time share this with them let them know right now hey you got to tune into this and i believe that they're going to receive something special that's going to shift what they believe and when you think right you believe right when you believe right you're going to experience right and in god's heart it is right for you to live healthy on this side of heaven because we see what he did through his son jesus that's the expression of his love for us and the evidence that he wants to see you healed whole and well so let's get up on our feet let's get excited because we are about to worship the lord [Music] our together [Music] come let us worship our king come let us bow at his feet he has done great things see what our savior has done see how his love overcomes he has done great things he has done great things [Music] and break every chain oh god [Music] oh jesus you have some break me [Music] faithful through every storm and you'll be faithful forevermore and i know you will do it again for your promises yes and amen you will do great things my lord god you do great things [Music] and break every chain oh god [Music] oh jesus [Music] hallelujah unshakable hallelujah you have done great things [Music] and break every chain oh god you have done great things on jesus [Music] you always do greatly [Music] this morning church [Music] you hide me in the shed [Music] your presence is [Music] [Applause] [Music] don't worry will prosper against me no darkness no evil will tease or torment me no weapon no worry will prosper against me no darkness no evil will tease or torment me all power dominion to what name is given my fortress my freedom my refuge my jesus dominion to one name is [Music] my jesus [Music] your presence is [Music] against me no darkness no evil will tease [Music] my freedom my refuge [Music] [Applause] [Music] you hide me [Music] is we honor all you've done jesus we find peace in your presence [Music] the joy that can't be taken away [Music] we love you [Music] there is [Music] for your faith [Music] foreign [Music] stronger as i choose to [Music] [Applause] [Music] forever in your heart i can never fall away for [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] my [Music] oh [Music] you [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] praise the lord for such a wonderful time of worship together welcome to grc online once again and now is that very special moment when we get together as brothers and sisters god's family to partake of the communion together and if you haven't got your crackers and jews now is a good time to go and get them and i just wanted to share that you know in psalms 23 5 which is one of my favorite verses in scripture you know the lord says that he has prepared a table before us in the presence of our enemies and he anoints our head with oil so that our cup will run over what a beautiful promise from our good shepherd lord jesus and truly truly you know there may be enemies raging against us there is a health challenge there is a depression there are dreams and visions that have been lost and that have not been met there are breakthroughs that we are still waiting upon the lord all these are truly truly enemies that seem to be raging and charging against us but the lord says the table is already laid out and he's inviting us come to the table come and eat come and feed on me on my broken body and my shed precious blood and i will give you rest so let's bring the elements and lift up the bread and let us just pray together lord jesus we just thank you we thank you for your broken body that was broken at the cross you took all my sicknesses my diseases my judgment my penalty so that today i can be free from it all lord jesus i thank you for your broken body that i hold in my hands that as i partake my body is made whole made rich made stronger made healthier father thank you for the gift of your son and his broken body let us partake [Music] let us lift up the blood the cup of the new covenant father i thank you for this blood that our lord jesus shed at the cross for the forgiveness of all our sins thank you father that this blood speaks better things and this blood is the protection that we can believe and count on for us and our children and thank you that above all lord this blood has made us the righteousness of god in christ father thank you for the gift of your son lord jesus we just love you and we partake remembering that the work is already done and the price has been paid amen church we're going to continue our time of worship today through the giving of our tithes and offerings i want to encourage you with a verse from 2nd corinthians 4 verse 14 that says that we focus not on things that are seen but on things that are unseen because things that are seen are temporary but the things that are unseen are eternal and i believe this is a perfect way to even apply ourselves to giving because we're not living by something that we're seeing and we're not saying that lord in my giving i'm earning from you today no we believe that we give and responds to the savior who's first given to us to the heavenly father who loves to give good gifts to his children so i just want to encourage you today as you prepare your gift your tithe your offering first of all that do not feel under obligation to give but give out of the place of the heart is what the lord desires at a place of revelation as you feel led by the holy spirit as you ask the lord and just come before him personally and make this not a transaction but but an act of worship unto the lord that's that's personal that's that's from the heart i believe that's what he desires and as we do that we're gonna pray over our giving and if you want to give you can give online securely at the link on your screen but let's pray and let's declare and let's believe that what we give i want you to know you're sowing into the gospel of grace going forth across the globe and especially even here in our country people are gonna receive jesus even through you being a part of the church it's an incredible thing so let's pray today lord we thank you that we call ourselves blessed through completely what jesus has done lord through no merit of our own lord not through our sacrifice but through his sacrifice we honor the name of jesus today as we give and we say lord use these tithes and use these offerings for your glory and for the gospel going forth on the earth the souls might be won into the kingdom for your name and for your renown we thank you lord bless these seeds and bless every giver today and their households in the name of jesus we pray amen hey grc online i have more good news for you on june 6th we are adding not just one not just two but three new service times let me just give you a minute to celebrate that isn't that incredible three new service times and the new service times are as follows 8 30 a.m 11 30 a.m 2 30 p.m 5 30 p.m 8 30 p.m and 11 30 p.m eastern time these new service times are going to give us an opportunity to invite people in a new way three additional opportunities to be able to invite people your neighbors your co-workers your friends your family and we just have all of you in mind knowing that everybody has a different life experience so maybe some of you you're an early riser maybe some of you you're a night owl maybe you like to watch service after lunch whatever situation you might find yourself in whatever lifestyle you're in currently we have a service with you in mind i want to also just shout all of you out and thank you from from me and the digital team we're so thankful that all of you even though maybe this has inconvenienced you because we have to make a slight shift to some of the current service times you've been so gracious you've been so gracious as we build this digital platform to be able to reach more and more people with the gospel of grace so even though with these three additional services being added there is a slight adjustment to the service times we thank you so much for being so gracious to us as we build this digital platform thank you i also want to say this grc online family we are believing for many many more people to come through our virtual doors this year to see jesus and the loveliness of his person and the perfection of his finished work to see him for who he truly is and i really believe it's in alignment with what pastor prince had prophetically shared in the beginning of the year which was that there would be an unprecedented amount of many salvations can i get a good amen do you believe that i really believe we're starting to see more and more of that and these new additional service timings are just proof that more and more people are receiving the gospel of grace if you have any questions with anything that i just announced you can head over to gracerevonline.com and you can also check there for any other service updates john chapter five after this there was a feast of the jews and jesus went up to jerusalem now there is in jerusalem by the ship gate a pool which is called in hebrew bethesda having five torches in this a great multitude of sick people blind lame paralyzed waiting for the moving of the water for an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water then whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made well of whatever disease he had now a certain man was there who had an infirmity 38 years when jesus saw him lying there and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time he said to him do you want to be made well the sick man answered him sir i have no man to put me into the pool when the water stood up but while i'm coming another steps down before me jesus said to him rise take up your bed and walk and immediately the man was made well took up his bed and walked and that day was the sabbath the jews therefore said to him who was cured it is a sabbath it is not lawful for you to carry your bed he answered them he who made me well said to me take up your bed and walk then they asked him who is the man who said to you take up your bed and walk but the one who was healed did not know who it was for jesus had withdrawn a multitude being in that place afterwards jesus found him in the temple and said to him see you have been made well sin no more less a worse thing come upon you the man departed and told the jews that it was jesus who had made him well for this reason the jews persecuted jesus and sought to heal him because he had done these things on the sabbath now this is a beautiful story many of us are familiar with this story but there are wonderful nuggets of truth on healing on health how to receive from the lord and also most importantly we can see jesus in his beauty glories his excellencies amen john chapter all the miracles in john are science say science that means they point to something and even this feeling is actually a parable in action all right there's nothing trivial in the word of god nothing small nothing unimportant nothing insignificant write this down somewhere there's nothing trivial in the word of god every name every topographical reference every geographical reference has a value and a meaning every detail amen let's go back to verse one after this there was a feast of the jews and jesus went up to jerusalem now when you study the word of god it's all up to you how much do you want to go into amen do you want to go into the meaning of the names because there are layers upon layers and layers and you want more food you dive into it amen there's milk for the young and there's strong meat for the mature amen but there are layers within the word of god can have a good amen for example when you read this after this even the first two words after this in the gospel of john it appears often it appears exactly seven times after this all right it's characteristic of john whereas the gospel of matthew you find the characteristic word is then many chapters start off with then then because it's the gospel of the king and this is the gospel the son of god the gospel of mark on the other hand a lot of places starts with immediately immediately it's a gospel of action why it's a gospel that depicts the divine servant jesus the tireless laborer amen he came to serve he came to heal he came to save and he's working all the time even in chapter one of monk the very first chapter says immediately he did this immediately he did that and straightaway jesus did this straight away he did that straight away he did this it's action all the time but in the gospel of john exactly seven times it appears in the gospel of john alone after this things after this there was a feast after this there was a feast of the jews now this feast is a feast of pentecost notice this phrase feast of the jews it has become the feast of the jews in leviticus 23 when god first mentioned the seven feasts of israel it is called the feasts of the lord means is the lord's feast the lord's uh celebration day with his people amen they celebrate their seven feasts of israel bananas become the feasts of the jews it's become something that uh is their own feasts they are doing it for themselves and they are adding a lot of things into the feast and it's become the feast of the jews so after this there was a feast of the jews which is pentecost in this context and jesus went up to jerusalem now there is in jerusalem by the ship jade a pool which is called in hebrew bethesda having five portuguese i say just now that there's nothing trivial in the word of god all right every detail has a meaning and a value even every name so why did the holy spirit mention to us the ship gate of all the gates now in the time of nehemiah after the children of israel came back from babylonian captivity they built the jerusalem walls okay and they built the gates around the wall to protect jerusalem and one of the gates in fact the very first gate mentioned is the shipjit there is also the old jet there is a dung gate there's the mig park gate and there is a water gate believe it or not so the first jade is a sheep gate all depends on how much you want to go because you know that the holy spirit if he mentions something by name he mentions something like for example bethesda and he says having five torches there's a reason why the holy spirit is giving all these details can have a good amen and and if you're hungry you want to know more all right the word of god is so juicy you can go deep into it and get a lot of nuggets i'll just give you a little sampling okay all right let's ship gate when's the first time ship game is mentioned when nehemiah i said just now they came back from the babylonian captivity and they start building the walls that's when the fish gate and other gates were built so the very first gate is called the ship yet nehemiah three then eliashif the high priest rose up notice the high priest and his brethren that built the ship yet they consecrated it and hung its doors they built it as far as the tower of the hundred and consecrated it then as far as the tower of hananel now if you are like me and you are curious you know there is no insignificant detail in the bible every name carries a meaning then you start looking at this and uh you look at the word the name aliyah shift the high priest with his brothers he built the ship yet eliyah shif in hebrew means my god restores my god restores okay shiv ali ali jesus said ali ali at the cross el is my god eliashiv from the word shuv turn around return teshuva return by the way when someone repents it's actually turning to god teshu turning into hey you can actually think you're repenting that people say well i i i regret doing that kind of thing that's not repentance there are people who are actually um sorry out of pride they're starting how in the world did i do that how can i someone of of my standing someone like me uh how can i be lacking in self-control why did i do that actually it's a form of pride and people think it's repentance no true repentance is turning to the lord teshuvah are you listening all right so alias means my god restores now watch the picture and tell me what you see okay i know you'll get it okay and he built the ship gate and he built it as far as the tower of the hundred keep the word hundred in mind and then uh consecrated then as far as the tower of hanna nail by now you all know hanan is grace el is god so it's god's favor favor hanan is favored grace favor of god amen like if you have the name johanna yahweh right johanna john john that's the name yohannan god's grace yahuwah is grace but l is also god's name but it's at the end all right hannah el which is a favor of god okay got it so what is this picture here uh uh the god who restores you when you are lost all right jesus said there was a man a shepherd who had how many sheep how many sheep a hundred ship not not 50 not a thousand hundred ship if he loses one what does he do he'll find it until he restores it okay and he brings it back to the favor of god so this uh entire chapter we are about to see him looking for the lost one amen so here is a picture of one of the parables of jesus obviously everything in the bible points to the lord jesus christ amen so for us to look at the names and all that is the story of jesus even many of the stories in the old testament names in the old testament details in the old testament point to jesus christ even to the story of his life and the miracles in his life and and even the parables in this case is a parable how god restores one out of a hundred into the favor of god okay so i give you a sampling of you know going into beyond the superficial level because many of us have heard this uh healing of the impotent man already all right we are familiar with the story but there's so much more people god has so much more amen so go back to uh john 5. now there is in jerusalem but the ship jade a pool the ship gate by the way is the gate by which the ship enters uh into the temple for the sacrifice all right they enter by the ship gate okay what a beautiful picture that jesus the lamb went to the ship gate to find the lost sheep amen by the way the ship gate is also known as the benjamin's gate in jeremiah 20 it says here that it's called the high gate of benjamin which was by the house of the lord i told you right the ship goes to the ship yet the benjamin jet to the house of the lord for sacrifice okay all right go back to john 5. in this lay a great multitude of sick people blind lame paralyzed waiting for the moving of the water because an angel came down and stirred the water and the first one that stepped into the water after it was stirred was made well of whatever disease he had now this stirring of the water back to uh verse 3 again in this layer great multitude of sick people i like the old king james because the old kingdom is more accurate in this verse when it comes to the greek the greek actually says in the old king james he says this in this lay a great multitude of impotent people people without strength in the great atenoya is the word all right i is negate which is no strength people with no strength people or disease have no strength impotent people and there are three groups of important people so let's use the old king james okay in this layer great multitude of important folk of blind the first category halt second category with a third category and if you look at the new king james instead of wizard is this paralyzed makes no sense because already you have lame in the center hulk is lame and then you have paralyzed today we think are paralyzed pertaining to the legs but back then it is the word withered which means the withered hand the hand he cannot work with his hand or withered hand okay so the king james is more the old hinge is more accurate here so let's look at this blind hog withered and this is a picture of humanity this is a picture of mankind so how can god welcome sinful man when god god is just and must punish sin but because god is love god wants the embrace of his children god wants to love his children god wants to pour out on them god's heart is so full as love the painful thing about love is to be so full of love and not being able to pour it out a mother feels that when she's engorged after she gives birth she has a lot of milk it's painful for her not to be able to pour out god is like that when god is full of love god's the nature of love is the gift the delight of love is a gift the joy of love is the gift but the the trill of love is to pour out amen but when there's no one to pour it out it pains god so god was waiting to give it and give it on a righteous outlet give it righteously so how can god do that the answer is the cross because on that cross jesus christ allowed god to be just god god did not spare his own son because at the cross jesus became us he took our place he knew no sin he did not sin he would in him is no sin but he became sin with your sins and my sins he bore our sins and god has just to punish all our sins in the body of jesus christ so at the cross god's justice god's righteousness is magnified the law is magnified but also at the cross we see the love of god it's not you and i hanging there it is jesus god's beloved son god sent his son so that his son will die in our place so today god's holiness that we are afraid of is now on your side god's holiness cannot punish you today for your sins because if god punishes you today for your sins god would be unholy god would be unjust because our sins have been punished in the body of jesus christ the law of double jeopardy do you understand that only god can think of something like this and god did and today we are saved you know something i will never be condemned i will never be punished neither will you because god is holy how about that not because god is love but because god is holy we cannot be condemned amen pastor friends that's the way to respond all right praise god so in this lay a great multitude of people that were blind people that were halt that means they cannot walk and people who had withered hands and god's heart goes out to them i said before why did jesus walk to this place where there's a great multitude of the suffering and people in misery you know the rich and famous when they touch down into a city they make a b-line straight to a five-star six-star hotel where they are among the rich and famous jesus feet took him straight among the multitude of suffering and needy humanity i love him don't you just love him all right he came in the midst of suffering humanity that's where grace is attracted to and just let you know that the man that he's about to talk to is probably the man that's the most needy the most suffering and the longest suffering one over there 38 years so again grace is attracted to the worst case amen that's why i say the front row is the last to receive god is attracted he loves he loves to pour out you gave him joy it's jesus said like this it is your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom the day we realize that god wants you healed more than you want to be healed healing is not a problem you see we we we really don't understand the heart of god god loves you just as much he knows the numbers of hair on your head he knows the pain in your heart he knows what keeps you awake at night the cares and the worries he knows about it even you don't tell your wife god knows it amen god knows exactly without you even knowing how to express it to him and he cares for you all i ask of you is that you'll be conscious that he cares for you you'll be conscious that he knows and you'll be conscious that you have his personal attention what the devil wants to do is that he want to de-individualize everybody in the end times in the book of revelation people be known by their numbers no more by their names you know and the bible says all but numbers in other words you are just number one two three number two three four you know the kind of thing but sometimes is to help facilitate uh order but it de-individualized the person not even when god calls someone he calls their names not once but twice samuel samuel martha martha right he calls you by name saul saul in a very affectionate way why because god is an individual god and all the people said amen praise the lord give jesus the praise and glory and the honor hallelujah blind three groups halt and withered in other words blind is our first condition all mankind is blind none so blind as those who say they can see they may last it people partying away having fun and next door is the lake of fire they act like there's no god even when they attend a funeral they're attending out of dutifully you know attending because of relatives or friends or kind of thing but they don't like to be there because it reminds them of their mortality but friend let me tell you this why is there mortality is this god's dream for men do god make men for them to die did god make men adam and eve and god says adam you'll be the healthy one and eve you'll be an example of a sick one no god made them all healthy would you like to see god's standard just before i step out of here joy is my witness right god dropped something in my spirit and told me to tell you all this nothing short of this is his standard would you like to know would you like to know all right look up here in this verse by the way i didn't show this in the first service so don't tell them okay because i only risk i got this drop into my heart just now and it was the last minute i told them to put this verse up it says here god jesus says i you are are you angry at me he told the pharisees because i have made a man every wheat hole every wheat hole i love it every wheat hole nothing short of this is extended you think that god just want to heal your knee god just want to heal your neck heal your lungs no he wants to make every part of you every wheat hole i love it would you receive this right now amen i don't care about people out there saying oh he's a he's a prosperity guy he's a whatever guy wherever jesus goes people prosper the sick when they prosper they get well amen five loaves when he touches it it becomes well amen praise the lord so the three groups of impotent or people without strength represents all humanity the first one they are blind they are blind to god they are blind to his blind in their hearts blind in their minds okay the second one is they cannot walk they cannot walk for god they cannot walk in the spirit they cannot walk and behind every physical there is a spiritual meaning all right that god wants us to learn yes god wants to heal you physically but more important than that god is after your spirit side because long before you had a sickness all right there's something happening in the spirit you're listening people and the answer in the spirit so watch this like a leper is more than just a leper in the gospels a leper represents sin so when jesus plants the leper it's his power to forgive sins are you listening sometimes it doesn't even differentiate between forgiveness of sins and healing of the body but let's take all that god has okay some people when they ditch this they only teach the spiritual side that god wants to heal our moral failures and falling and all that but it's more than that you know singaporeans if you see 50 and 100 which one do you pick both spoken like a true singaporean let's not just go for the spiritual let's go for the physical as well amen jesus did make people well physically even though there's a spiritual truth he is endeavoring to bring a cross for those who observe because every miracle in the book of john especially is a sign it's a parable in action amen so when you're blind you can't walk you can't walk you can't work with that means with a hand right and god puts god put work last the church works first but revelation happens first when you see right you believe right when you believe right you walk right when you walk right you will work right can i have a good amen by the way i was reading this one day and the lord dropped this in my heart all three i heal on the sabbath all three then i stopped studying it said blind i see yeah they're blind man right in the gospel of john in chapter nine jesus healed the blind man on the sabbath night it was the sabbath when jesus made the clay and opened his eyes so the blind is healed on the sabbath then the hulk the hulk back to the john chapter 5 the hawk is in this very same chapter we read just now the man who was lame impertinent in his feet for 38 years jesus healed him on the sabbath and the last one withered hand also on the i want to read this passage because there's something i just want to share with you matthew 10 12. and behold there was a man who had a withered hand say with that hand same great word as the one with the hand just now with it all right and they asked him saying is it lawful the pharisees the religious leaders you see how religious people can become they ask jesus this question is it lawful to heal on the sabbath they didn't ask him can you heal they knew he can they ask him is it right to do it on a sabbath day that they might accuse him okay then jesus said drop down one man is there among you who has one sheep and he falls into a pit on the sabbath will not lay hold of it and lift it out of how much more value then is a man than a sheep therefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath listen when people are sick all right don't ask okay it's their fault don't ask whose fault is it whose sin is it now we're about to see that sometimes sin like a sinful action whatever can cause like you keep on smoking amen it's a sin against your your your body amen do you make god give you a body you only have one house you live in take care of your house it's the only house you have you know you keep on smoking right you can have disease in your body now is that a result of sin or god cursing you of course it's without sin right but it's not right like jesus told his disciples when they saw the blind man blind from his mother's womb from birth they asked did this man sin or his parents sin jesus says neither now the funny thing is that he was born blind how can he sin to be born blind did he hit his mother's womb too hard his parents think i understand but anyway you know don't ask these questions the lord says don't ask these questions but i am the light of the world he's in darkness i'm going to open up his eyes that's all you need to know the need exists for grace to meet it cannot be good amen all right so watch this now jesus considers people who are sick as like a sheep that fell into a pit what a compassionate view instead of that well you know what serve him right now his lungs are like that keep on smoking all the time but jesus sees people who are sick as falling into a pit when a sheep falls into a pit you don't stand on there and say serve you right no you retrieve it you recover it so jesus told the pharisees it's like a ship that fell into a pit will you not lay hold of it and lift it up of how much more value than as a man than a ship therefore it is lawful to the good non drop down then he said to the man stretch out your hand now in luke's gospel luke is a doctor and he's the only gentile of all the writers look who the doctor says it was his right hand now the right hand means is a means of livelihood is this business you do work with your right hand right most of your right hand is i mean majority of us normal people right hand by the way benjamin means son of my right hand okay so when when jesus restored his hand this is amazing that means he gave him back his livelihood it's more than just a physical healing then he stretched it out and he was restored as whole as the other then the pharisees rejoiced and brought other sick people there that he might heal them then the pharisees brought their mother-in-law as well like this guy was saying one time to his wife it's not that i hate your relatives or i dislike your relatives it's just that i love your mother-in-law more than i love mine then the paris some of you are getting it oh no where's my mother-in-law no she's mother in grace praise god then the pharisees went out and plotted against him how they might destroy him oh it's terrible when you get religious man all you have is hatred god wants people under grace where the result is love under law you try your best you can only produce hatred because the law was designed to bring the worst out of us grace will save the worst of us amen back to john 5 okay praise god so they were waiting for the moving of the water what a what a what what a picture what a picture we have here and a sad one we have a multitude of people that are sick they are waiting for the spectacular they are waiting for the moving of the water when right in their midst is the savior the great physician they are waiting because all the hopes and aspirations of of jewish people is to wait for the messiah to come amen they are waiting for the messiah their posture instead of waiting but there he was already in their midst i mean see bethesda greatly surrounded and see jesus completely unheeded what a sad picture could it be that we can actually be involved in religion christian religion and yet miss the savior in our midst so they're waiting for moving the water verse four we know the angel comes down and whoever see this verse four tells us that you need strength to partake of this healing you need to be able to get up okay watch this watch this number one you must see the stirring of the water but if you are blind how to see number two whoever steps in first is not for everybody whoever steps in first will get well no but if you are lame how to step in so the whole idea here is a picture of the law and don't forget this angel coming down is a picture that the law was given the bible says by the disposition of angels when god gave the law god gave the law by an angel through moses to the people of israel grace is direct are you listening so even the law was given by the disposition of the angels and the law the law actually implies that you must have the strength to keep it you shall not do this you shall not do that you shall not do this implying that you have strength but what if you have no strength do not do the dooms you cannot so the idea of the law so is god mocking man by giving man the law knowing that man cannot is god mocking them by stirring the water no listen carefully god is not god never mocks man it's in order for men to see the better god has something better but man being man never despised of his own strength when god hear the ten commandments instead of the ten commandments by the law is the knowledge of sin all right by the law the sin becomes exceeding sinful instead of seeing the law as bringing out your words man is trying to keep the law to bring out the best instead of the law being the knowledge of sin in man's life man is using the law as a knowledge of holiness in their lives today they say god gave the law for us to be holy but let me tell you this the law is the standard of holiness yes but it's beyond the law god's holiness is not just confined to don'ts the law says does not commit adultery it doesn't say love your wife grace says love your wife and you won't commit adultery so church the whole picture of the stirring of the water is a picture of the law and there's jewish people around there all right they must have strength to partake of the benefit so jesus came grace came now watch this now a certain man was there who had an infirmity 38 years i told you don't forget that everything has a significance even the number 38. why is this mentioned by the holy spirit 38 years because he's a picture of israel and when israel wandered in the wilderness we say 40 years right but actually the judgment for the sin of unbelief was at hades vernier when god says okay go into the land and when you come back don't forget you can sense fights by the way it wasn't god's idea to send the spice all right it was their idea let us spy out the land god really said the land flows with milk and honey you know the idea of flowing is abundance it's not the land has milk and honey no the land flows with milk and honey okay 38 years now go to deuteronomy chapter 2 and the time we took to come from kadesh barnia god told them that you know because they didn't believe god they came back they say they saw giant they talk about the problems and all that okay from kadesh brania until we cross over the valley of the zeret before they cross into the promised land there's a valley called the valley of zerat in jordan area and they've crossed that to go to the promised land was 38 years until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp 38 years the 40 years is the totality 38 years was the from the time of the spies incident they didn't believe god all the way to entering the promised land 38 years what does that tell us that tells us this that this man has been there is a picture of israel in unbelief israel wandering wo wandering wa in the wilderness you know why because they're always fighting until the men of war i consume we are still fighting we are so strong the problem is that we are strong grace is attracted to our weakness but then we always put our best foot forward we think that god is after our strength we forget the parables is all about the loss the last the least these are the heroes of the parables we think that god wants because before man we must put your best foot forward before god i tell you this you show your worst food you get more grace he tells oh god i got this problem lord god i'm weak lord god i can't do this lord god i can't do that because there's no problem i'll be your strength and of all the people there jesus went to this guy who suffered the longest and the most why grace is attracted to there are you listening praise god so back to the guy he was like this 38 years jesus came just on time he's a picture of israel then jesus asked him don't forget jesus asked him first jesus always initiates man doesn't when jesus saw him lying there and knew that he already had been that conditioned for a long time jesus asked him so jesus knew that he has been like this for 38 years jesus knew jesus saw him lie and jesus knew and jesus asked him do you want to be made well do you want to be made well what a question what a strange question the guy is there near the water and obviously he's there and jesus knew he has been there for 38 years suffering from the condition for that long and he asked him the question do you want to be made well why you know it's not as a strange question as we think it is when you think of the fact that there are people yet accustomed to their bondage or to their sickness or to their addiction that for them that is normal they will forget what it is to be well and don't forget maybe if this guy needs to go to the restroom i believe there are people who carry him he's used to being carried after for a while it gets pretty comfortable jesus says to you don't forget the standard every week hope do you want to be made well that's all jesus us so if i if jesus appears to you right now and ask you do you want to be made well what do you say yes look at this guy's answer the sick man answered him sir i i have no man do you want to be made well i have no man what man what an answer the other day my wife and i and jessica we were on our way for dinner somewhere as a family we were on the way and uh i was talking to my wife about about physical conditions you know how that when we do certain things now it can affect us when we move our body this way can affect you know our certain part of our body and cause inflammation i was talking like this because something i read right i didn't realize i was talking about it you know so much so that i was so engrossed in it and the voice came from behind it was my five-year-old exactly these words leave the let go live man when did you not look at each other jessica was real like a voice from heaven with a man down there normally he doesn't say man leave the light go live man they would turn around i said justin why why why do you say that yeah i don't know i just felt like saying it and here i was talking about you know what i read you know like certain movement can affect your you know can cause inflammation i just found out that day i was frightening myself telling giving this information to my wife you know and i said you know exactly don't do this kind of thing and all of a sudden come back let the light go live man i was rebuked praise the lord so jesus asked him do you want to be well sir i have no man so all the while by the way he didn't know who jesus was right his eye is not on jesus sometimes we know about jesus and jesus talks to us but our eye is not on him even right now jesus talking to you but your eye may not be on him your eye is on the means the water never cause something of jesus to become separate from him even the communion is man this is my body and my blood never separated and becomes a means i got communion i got this you separate from him you don't talk to him when you take communion you don't receive s from him you don't control his presence it is void of power amen don't put your eyes on means put your eyes on the lord can i have a good amen and and uh he has his eyes on means on the water the throne of water not only that he has his eye on man mankind sir i have no man other people have people to carry them i have no man his eye is not on the man from glory his eye is on man i have no man can i say something about healing sometimes healing is easier than we think we complicate it then another thing is that his eye is also on himself he says that i have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up but while i am coming another steps down before me so while he's shooting all right he can't walk right he's scooting while i'm coming while i'm coming his eye is on his action i can't i can't hoot fast enough to go to the water his eye is also on kumi and with the words come the power see the law wants you to have the strength before you can keep the law before the lord can bless you but grace as it speaks the power is there no i i'm not against motivationals teachings and all that i i'm i'm i'm for it many of them are great people many of the great motivational speakers in the world today and times past are christians are believers so you know far be it from me to even knock down motivational teaching but let me tell you this motivational teaching is based on you must do these seven steps and then you will have the results that you're supposed to have and if you don't have the results don't blame me because i gave you the steps whereas grace is different grace as grace speaks the power is there as you come and listen even before you start applying you get healed that's why the power is just in the hearing in the beholding the power is there a lot of people out there they don't believe that they don't believe that the power is just by beholding they must find things to do in the sermon you must give people things to do my friend the doing will come later the work will come later the revelation must come first their blinded eyes must see then they can walk then they can work and god wants your hands that are withered to be hands that prosper in everything it touches it says of joseph that everything he touched god made it to prosper so much so that potiphar saw that and potiphar was very smart this guy is very very sharp he put two and two together if everything he touches he touched a cabbage patch become prosperous it grew uh luscious uh bumper crops all right he touched the the animals and the animals were in good spirits gave a lot of milk and all that and he whatever he touches the prospect i'll put everything under his hand except for his wife she was only coming to his hand but he didn't all right thank god and the bible says he put potiphar put everything under joseph's hand because he saw that everything that he touched god prospers it that's why we lay hands on the sick do you understand god wants your hands to be hands that prosper that blesses your children blesses your family when i walk into a plane now you're students i meet many of you from church and uh you all see me also right but i'm giving away my secret when i step into an airplane you see my hand doing this touch the plane why i believe all right this simple hand this beautiful long slender artistic hands starting you i believe that this hands when i touch it something happens i should say i covered this plane the blood of jesus amen and i believe that the entire plane as long as i'm bored it will not go you're going to believe that you're going to believe that whatever you touch prospers now it doesn't matter if you are told by your boss to take someone else's job okay because this person has resigned can't do a good job doesn't mean that you also not do a good job i believe that when you take that person's role on the laptop whatever it is when you touch it prospers i believe that why because the lord has restored you it's not a matter of what job it is it's a matter of who is sponsoring you who is supplying you amen so jesus is rice take up your bed and walk why take up your bed by the way you know he cannot rise right 38 years cannot rise but his authority in the words when you start acting upon his word power comes let me tell you this one of the secrets of healing after you pray for god to heal you i don't i can't begin to tell you the number of times i had pain in my body in my in my study what i do that i pray and i believe i receive i still felt the pain and the next thing i do is like what what do normal people do when they are well what do they exercise amen so i say pumping position down and i start exercising hallelujah and i still felt the pain at first but something happens more than once i have received healing while i am exercising it's like faith is like a fire a spark that's in the powder shape of healing when you act boom doesn't happen when you just pray you say father heal me father heal me all right just take communion and all that it's what you do after that you gotta rise and act like you are healed ask yourself you've been asking god for healing for healing for healing some of you have been asking god to renew your youth like the eagles but you act young or do you sit down there and say i'm tired and you see the cup over there the monk over there you want a drink of water or whatever it is and you look at the mug and you imagine yourself going there filling your monk with milo chocolate whatever it is and you come back and you realize you're still here get up rise amen young act strong act well and you will be well amen amen amen come on give him praise take a praise break hallelujah praise the lord amen that is what is lacking many times my wife will also help me to remind me all right god has healed you god is each other what would you do this is a good question to us what would you do if you are well well i think i will go to the gym start doing it well i'll go to the gym when i'm well and then because you don't go to the gym you become more unwell now you're unweller because you didn't go and exercise but one day pastor friends i'll do brief walk when i'm well but then you've been asking god to heal you and never start walking now you don't walk for a long time your body is in a sedentary position now you have more other conditions because you didn't do it all right it's like is it is a catch-22 it's a vicious cycle somewhere longer you'll break all this what would you do if you are well now do it what would you do if you are 20 again i'll join my daughter in her party well mercy on your daughter amen but hey whatever it takes amen have fun think young live young act strong exhale act well rise take up your dirty laundry amen now as he rose he found the explosion happens all right wow he's well amen and then jesus says take up your bed what does that mean take up your bed in other words make no provision for relapses as long the bait is still there by the way their bed is like a mat you know you roll your your mat it's not like a a siemens bed you know the big bed all right take up your bed yes lord this will be a double miracle amen no no no no all right i gotta finish you guys all right y'all don't don't stop me okay i gotta send you off now so he roll up the bed it means what make no probation make no don't have any backward thoughts no thoughts of failure no thoughts of relapse roll up your bed your days of lying on it is over take it up and now walk have you noticed he didn't say run walk so i like walking instead of running no it's okay if you run let me give you a verse a scripture okay they shall run and not be wary they shall walk and not faint okay so i give you a verse are you happy all right but one of the times he says he says walk amen running can affect your joints and all that but walk he says take up your bed and walk he knew very well their custom sabbath is a day given by the lord for the jewish people to rest but they have included other kinds of laws in sabbath which means you cannot even carry your bid jesus knew it jesus knew it and jesus take up your bed so he take up his bed roll up now walk jesus knew he's gonna attract attention all right so the bible says immediately the man was made well pick up his bed notice he became well when after he threw up his bed no when he rose up after he was made well then took up his bed notice that so the rise is where the action that release happens all right take up your bed and walk and that day was the sabbath the jews therefore said to him who was cured it's the sabbath it's not lawful for you to carry your bed have you noticed the jews never said that the juice here in the gospel of john is always referring to the jewish leaders they didn't say to him you've been made well they say you're carrying your bed no the area they all probably knew him very well he's been there for 38 years some of these leaders were born then he was still there they were in their childhood they knew who he was but they said that you're carrying your bed instead of saying that he's yeah you're well hey you're well hey you're okay hey you're carrying your bed have you noticed that that religious people can point fingers at us and miss everything all the good testimonies all the amazing testimonies and all that and find something to find fault with look at how he answered i love this he answered them he who made me well his emphasis is he made me well what an answer he who made me well said to me rice take up your bed and walk he who made me well now he gave them the answer right in case they do not know that he's the one who was sick now he tells them you don't know who said take up your bed and walk the one who made me well then they they were asking right naturally all right who is the one who made you well right who is the man who said to you take up your bed and walk you know how cruel when you turn christianity into a religion grace is not in the picture you don't care what god has done i don't care joseph prince has all these testimonies or not doesn't agree my doctrine of taking up the bed and walking on the sabbath that's what the zero on now i don't believe that this man knew what they were trying to to fetch out of him these people knew it was jesus they probably suspected it was jesus the word has gone around but he probably thought they want to find the answer okay i need to go through this and then the one who was healed did not know who it was but jesus had withdrawn a multitude being in that place now jesus had withdrawn i love the lord jesus he doesn't push himself forward after he does something he doesn't go around saying all right hey guys look at what i did have you noticed that he never looks for to be the center of attraction never see sick for he never does he never performs anything for ostentation as authenticious purposes he never does things to be the popular idol of the the day he just withdraw heal withdraw i love it that's our lord jesus amen so then next verse afterwards jesus found him in the temple i love where jesus found him jesus found him in the temple probably for 38 years he has not been able to go to the temple and now the man is there probably to offer a tank offering a thank offering to the lord so he was at the temple and jesus found him there now listen jesus said to him see you have been made well sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you now i want to share something like this i can't let you go without me sharing something like this because you might have the wrong impression that when you sin something bad will happen to you and all that number one he's not referring to the kind of sin after you're saved how many realize that we still sin here and there we don't want to sin we're not interested in sinning we're interested in serving the lord glorifying him in our lives but listen we still sin right anything that's not a faith is sin so if there's a definition then what we we all still sin right anything is not a faithful sin to him who knows what to do right and do of it not to him it is sin but is that what he's referring to because you don't have the right translation or picture you will think all the time worst thing is coming worst thing is coming worst thing is coming no no listen to what i'm saying the word no more is something that he did in the past the word no more in the greek is mekhati which is no longer sin the sin you did last time no longer now sometimes when someone is suffering i've read this you know you can check this online and all that you can check with doctors also sexually std sexually transmitted diseases can affect your feet so when jesus tell him all right in other words don't go to the brothel anymore you used to do that 38 years ago stop doing that you understand that unless the worst thing happened to you if i tell a person who's smoking all the time and he had lung cancer and we prayed for him he got healed completely healed verified by the doctor we know of cases like this right then we tell him hey smoke no longer can you understand that unless the worst thing happened to you it's a specific thing hamarani refers to a verb a specific act that this guy knows of so don't don't think like any sin worst thing will happen no no no listen we're all forgiven of our sins all right some sins will have consequences all right and some of the consequences you know you cannot reverse so be wise understand you know what is coming from let me bring this to a close the man departed and told the jews that it was jesus who had made him well now he didn't know their intention they thought they wanted to find out the identity all right he he went to them notice his emphasis again he didn't say oh the one who told me to take out my bed that means he has a bad reason but no he's very pure in his heart he went and said hey the one who made me well again the emphasis he made me well the one who made me well you're finding out who is it it's jesus look at the relation for this reason the jews persecuted jesus and sought to kill him because he had done these things on the sabbath drop down jesus answered them my father has been working until now and i have been working therefore the jews sought all the more to kill him because he not only broke the sabbath but also said that god was his father making himself equal with god look up here i'm gonna close with this my father is working therefore i'm working but why is the father working and why is he working on the sabbath let me tell you a very sad story god's dream was shattered because god gave man a free choice when god made man creation and the morning starts sang together god made everything well there was no hospitals there was no coe there was nothing all right there was nothing that that disrupted there was nothing there was disease there was nothing that was there was um short of god's glory everything was perfect and then man sinned against god now watch this when men sin against god god's sabbath which he rested is a sabbath of creation god made everything and god rested not because he was tired because creation was finished and god saw everything that he made it was good when god made man god said it was very good and god rested so the sabbath which is on saturday the jewish people today celebrate saturday as their sabbath it's actually the rest of creation but creation was disrupted man fell and because man fell god started working again towards man's redemption god has been working ever since and then jesus came and cried it is finished and he rose from the date not on the saturday but on the first day of the week on a sunday sunday is a rest that celebrates redemption not sabbath for creation in creation man has to work the first six days and on saturday they rest but in redemption you enter into rest first and then you can work hallelujah that's why we celebrate sunday it's there in the bible upon the first day of the week they gathered together jesus appeared after he rose from the date from one sunday to another sunday to another sunday there's a purpose for that we are now in redemption we are no more in creation a lot of people are going back to creation to redeem their bodies they're going back to creation back to eden's diet uh even by ethan has fallen even the good food organic food and all that they all rub off their nutrition today unless god bless us in redemption nothing avails but we don't put our trust in creation we put our trust in redemption amen give jesus the praise amen hallelujah praise the lord praise the lord amen amen amen every hate bout every act closed all across this place friend all three the blind the lame and the withered hand jesus healed them all on a sabbath could it be that when we are out of rest we become blind it affects our walk and affects our work could it be that the first thing the devil attacks is your rest do you move you out of rest because jesus healed all three on the sabbath now you can walk because you have been healed the law says [Music] walk before you are cured no no one can work but now that jesus has healed you he has redeemed you he has saved you you can walk now the man can walk he can walk through the water he can walk to the temple he can walk anywhere it was the best sabbath ever he's a true servant of his life and friend god wants to bring you to the true sabbath number one sabbath rest in your conscience do you know your sins are forgiven that god is holding nothing against you he imputes no sin upon you because he has imputed all your sins to jesus christ on that cross you need to have that first to have rest in your conscience number two rest in your mind know that god is working if god is working you need not work god is working jesus is working the holy spirit is working in us we rest the more we rest the more we see the more we rest the better we walk and the more prosperous our work but perhaps you are here you have never even begun to walk but now you see you see the fact that jesus came to save sinners and you say pastor prince i'm a sinner well jesus is a greater savior than you are a sinner he loved you friend he died on the cross for you now wherever you are right now if that is you you want to avail yourself or what jesus has done pray this prayer with me right now and help you pray let's all pray together heavenly father i thank you that you sent jesus christ to be my savior christ died on the cross for all my sins he loved me while i was still in my sins he died in my place took my sins bore my judgment and when i was justified in him you raised him from the dead thank you father jesus christ is my lord and i'm safe forever completely forgiven every withhold filled with your spirit thank you father i am now your child teach me and cause me to walk in the spirit in jesus name amen amen now stand to your feet rise rise take out that dirty litter and don't walk out just yet let's bless you before you go lift your hands all across this place the same god who spoke to that important man and said rise is the same god who tells you rice all of your addictions rice out of your bondage rice out of your out of your bad habits rice out of your sickness rise out of that chronic condition and begin to walk that same walk that you dreamed that you would walk in now you have it start acting like it walk out of this place bless favored prosperous amen god is with you the lord bless you and your families throughout this week the lord bless you with the blessings of abraham the blessings of deuteronomy 28 the lord uh smile on you be favorable to you and your loved ones may you walk in the supernatural favor of god everywhere you go throughout this week the lord protect you and your loved ones throughout this week from every danger harm from terror from evil people from sickness from infection from all the powers of darkness in the name of the lord jesus christ and the lord grant to you and your loved ones his shalom shabbat health wholeness peace rest in jesus name act bless exhale well god what you wow what an amazing message and a time of ministry from past the prince i'm so blessed by it i pray that you're blessed by it i want to address everybody who may have prayed the prayer of salvation for the very first time to receive jesus christ as your personal lord and savior congratulations that's the best decision you're ever going to make but we don't want it to just stop there we want to connect with you want to come alongside you to give you practical tools to be able to start this new walk with christ and you can do that you can help us to connect with you and for us to be able to give you some practical tools by clicking the connect button right now in the chat and we'll be reaching out to you and letting you know what comes next hey also if you received healing just right now during service in your body you know you received healing we would love to hear from you and you can do that let us know what happened what god did let's give him praise let's give him all the glory let's encourage one another there's people who need to hear your testimony you can go to gracerevonline.com forward slash praise and we'll be able to see your testimony there it would be such a blessing to so many people as well as giving all the glory where glory is due to the lord jesus christ if you're one of those who haven't received your healing you haven't received the full manifestation of what you've been believing god for don't give up don't give up we're going to continue to lean into god's heart for you together and receive right 30-fold 60-fold 100-fold healing and restoration in your body we'd love to hear what your prayer need is or prayer request is you can use the link on the screen right now and write in to us we would love to come alongside and partner with you knowing and fully convinced that god's heart is to heal you and we will experience exactly that in jesus name well church it's been so good to be with all of you this week is going to be so blessed i pray that it's your best week yet and we will see you right back here for grc online next sunday we're going to a time of prayer we're going to pray for you and believe god he's going to heal you that he is doing the work let's not be passive about something that god is so proactive about in this life on this side of heaven he wants you to be whole well healed healthy and we're gonna pray right now let's kick us off let's pray for everybody for grc online right now watching yes let's let's pray right now lord jesus we just thank you for your righteousness we thank you for your rest and we thank you that we can take up your rest and your righteousness we could take up your healing and your health that you paid it all for each and every person that is listening and watching right now and we thank you that we will continue to walk in your righteousness in your rest and your healing in jesus name amen lord we thank you that anyone that's listening right now they're having issues lord with uh just joint pain lord stuff in their elbows lord i thank you in the name of jesus right now they're experiencing freedom there's a warmth that you're experiencing in the name of the lord jesus christ his hand is extending to touch you areas in your neck the right side of your neck lord just thank you that you're healing that right now in jesus name lord i thank you that we are growing stronger and stronger younger and younger cancer must bow to the finished work of jesus we thank you right now lord that the doctor's report doesn't have the last say lord we look to the risen christ because you are risen lord jesus we have a hope that's unshakable we thank you for everyone that's watching lord i thank you this time right now that we're in it's not a time to give it's a time to take from you and we do that in jesus name amen amen amen well hey god bless you we just believe god's doing the work right now would you throw in the comments what are you going to be believing god for specifically that he's being proactive about in the area of healing wholeness and your well-being he paid for it once and for all and let's continue to be a community we're not meant to do this alone let's follow the footsteps of one another here at grc online continue to immerse ourselves in facebook attending services and see him move and do it all he can do god bless you we love you and we'll see you soon with the nail in your hands your love has broken through you put a tear through the veil that was keeping me from you with a nail in your hands your love is broken [Music] this is how mercy was revealed the empty grave the final word [Music] is [Music] that was [Music] that was keeping me from [Music] we [Music] this is how mercy was revealed [Music] a perfectly cursed [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] how deep is your faithful love oh nothing [Music] there's nothing that could ever separate us there's nothing that could ever separate [Music] is us that could ever separate us [Music] separated [Music] [Music] [Applause] how deep is your faithful love [Music] [Applause] [Music] through the veil that was keeping me from you with a nail in your hands your love is broken through [Music]

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