One day i came across the scripture.
Get up pick your mat and walk.
Pick up your mat and walk at once the man was cured.
I discoverd that the door has been open for a long time i didnt know because it was closed for as long as i remember.
I was shocked i realised that this time is talking to me because i was the one reading.
Jesus said to him get up.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
John 5 1 9 ceb i confess that i struggle with this passage primarily because i don t like the man very much.
Jer 17 21 so the jewish authorities told the man who had been healed this is a sabbath and it is against our law for you to carry your mat.
Pick up your mat and walk at once the man was cured.
Meditation hello sisters let me welcome you warmly to this 11th european conference under the theme a story to tell a call to act.
When jesus asked him do you want to get well the man responded there is no one to help me get in the water.
The law forbids you to carry your mat.
Now that day was the sabbath.
He picked up his mat and walked.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
9 immediately the man was made well and he picked up his mat and began to walk.
Pick up your mat and walk immediately the man was well and he picked up his mat and walked.
Get up jesus told him pick up your mat and walk what does john 5 8 mean.
He picked up his mat and started walking.
He picked up his mat and walked john 5 1 9.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
The reason i appreciate this specific story so much is that it unabashedly proclaims an embodied christianity.
8 jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk 9 immediately the man got well.
Jesus granted the request but made the man prove out his own faith by leaving.
The pool of bethesda 7 sir the invalid replied i have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.
The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath.
Allow me to start by telling my personal story.
He picked up his mat and walked.
Then jesus said to him get up.
See verse text in john 4 46 54 jesus meets a man seeking a miracle.
This official wanted healing for his son and was persistent in asking jesus for it.
Now this happened on the sabbath day.
While i am on my way someone else goes in before me 8 then jesus told him get up pick up your mat and walk.
Then jesus said to him get up.
Jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk.
Which is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say rise pick up your mat and walk the man then rises up and walks away healed and changed forever.
The day this happened was a sabbath 10 neh 13 19.
A call for action true.
