JOHN 5:1-15The Healing at the Pool1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

 5One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."

8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."

11But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, `Pick up your mat and walk.'" 12So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." 15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

JUAN 5:1-15Ang Pagpapagaling sa Bethzata 1 Pagkaraan nito'y pumunta si Jesus sa Jerusalem upang dumalo sa isang pista ng mga Judio. 2 Sa lunsod na ito na malapit sa Pintuan ng mga Tupa ay may malaking deposito ng tubig na may limang portiko. Kung tawagin ito sa wikang Hebreo ay Bethzata. a 3-4 Nasa paligid nito ang maraming maysakit, mga bulag, mga pilay, at mga paralitiko. 

 5 May isang lalaki doon na tatlumpu't walong taon nang may sakit. 6 Nakita siya ni Jesus at alam niyang matagal nang may sakit ang lalaki kaya't tinanong niya ito, Gusto mo bang gumaling?               7 Sumagot ang maysakit, Ginoo, wala pong maglusong sa akin kapag gumalaw na ang tubig; papunta pa lamang ako, may nauuna na sa akin.

 8 Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, Tumayo ka, buhatin mo ang iyong higaan at lumakad ka. 9Noon di'y gumaling ang lalaki, binuhat ang kanyang higaan, at lumakad.              Noo'y Araw ng Pamamahinga 10 kaya't sinabi ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio sa lalaking pinagaling, Araw ng Pamamahinga ngayon! Labag sa Kautusan na dalhin mo ang iyong higaan.

 11 Ngunit sumagot siya, Ang nagpagaling po sa akin ang nagsabing buhatin ko ang aking higaan at lumakad ako.               12 At siya'y tinanong nila, Sino ang nagsabi sa iyong buhatin mo ang iyong higaan at lumakad ka? 13 Ngunit hindi alam ng lalaki kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya, sapagkat nawala na si Jesus sa karamihan ng tao.

 14 Pagkatapos nito, nakita ni Jesus sa loob ng Templo ang lalaki at sinabihan itong, Magaling ka na ngayon! Huwag ka nang gumawa ng kasalanan at baka masahol pa riyan ang mangyari sa iyo.               15 Umalis ang lalaki at sinabi sa mga Judio na si Jesus ang nagpagaling sa kanya. 16 Dahil dito, si Jesus ay sinimulang usigin ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio, sapagkat nagpagaling siya sa Araw ng Pamamahinga.

JOHN 5:8

8Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your

mat and walk.”

PLACE OF BETHESDA

PICK UP YOUR MAT AND WALK

GET UP!

OVERCOMING CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS SPIRITUAL

DISABILITIES

A. TYPES OF DISABILITIES

1. BLIND – SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS

2. LAME PARALYZED – PHYTON SPIRIT

3. INVALID – BACKSLIDING SPIRIT

B. WHY SOME CHRISTIANS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISABLED?

1. DISOBEDIENCE – LACK OF FAITH / UNBELIEF

JEREMIAH 43:7So they entered Egypt in disobedience to the LORD and went as far as Tahpanhes.

HEBREWS 3:15As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."

2. DISCONTENTMENT– WORLDLY DESIRES (MATERIALISM)

1TIMOTHY 6:6-86But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

3. DISCOURAGEMENT–

PROBLEMSPASTPEOPLE

EXODUS 6:9Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.

NUMBERS 32:7Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the LORD has given them?

C. HOW TO OVERCOME SPIRITUAL DISABILITY?

1. GET UP! – to come into a position

PRAYER – To kneel down is our best position

JEREMIAH 33:3Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and

unsearchable things you do not know.'

2. PICK UP YOUR MAT! – put things in order

– fix everything HEBREWS 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross,scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3. WALK!2 Corinthians 5:7– we live by faith not by sight

– exercise daily, walk with God

( 1John 5:3)- walk the talk (James 1:22)

CONCLUSION– “STOP SINNING, START FIXING” – JOHN 5:14

– “STOP SINNING, START TO OVERCOME DISOBEDIENCE, DISCONTENTMENT, DISCOURAGEMENTS.”

- GET UP! PICK UP YOUR MAT AND WALK (JOHN 5:8)

CHALLENGE:WHAT AREA OF YOUR LIFE GOD IS TELLING YOU NOW TO GET UP!