This morning I would like to offer some thoughts about the man at the Pool of Beth-zatha. The story seems rather straight forward … There is a pool in northern Jerusalem where people gathered to be healed and Jesus visited the pool. He asked one of the men if he wants “to be made well.” The man doesn’t answer the question directly, but says that he has no one to put him in the water at the right time, to which Jesus says, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” That is the story … at least as we read it this morning. But like a lot of stories in John’s gospel there may be more to it than just the healing of a lame man.
6 Easter
May 1, 2016
In the name of the God of all Creation,
The God alive in each of us as God was alive in Jesus,
And the power of God known in the Spirit.
Amen.
May 1, 2016
In the name of the God of all Creation,
The God alive in each of us as God was alive in Jesus,
And the power of God known in the Spirit.
Amen.
