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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12, Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9, John 5:1-16
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"THE MAN UPSTAIRS"?
"It was the man who cured me..." —John 5:11
Jesus healed a man born blind (Jn 9:1ff). This man didn't know Jesus
previously. So when asked by the crowds who had healed him, he answered:
"that man they call Jesus" (Jn 9:11). Jesus also healed a man "who had
been sick for thirty-eight years" (Jn 5:5). This man also didn't know
Jesus previously. When asked by the crowds who had healed him, he
answered: "the man who cured me" (Jn 5:11). Both healed men began their
relationship with Jesus by regarding Him as merely a "man."
As the man born blind began to adjust to life with physical sight, his
eyes of faith also began to focus. He reflected joyfully on the miracle
Jesus had done in his life. Before long, he proclaimed publicly that Jesus
"is a Prophet" (Jn 9:17). His spiritual eyes grew sharper as he later
proclaimed, despite pressure from the Jewish leaders, that Jesus came from
God (Jn 9:33). Finally, upon seeing Jesus again, his spiritual eyesight
improved to perfect 20-20 vision. He fell down to worship Jesus,
professing Him as "Lord" (Jn 9:38; see also Rm 10:9).
Sadly, the man once sick for thirty-eight years never took the next step
in relating to Jesus. He only related to Jesus as a man. Jesus visited him
a second time, just as He re-visited the man born blind, to try to bring
him to the next level of faith in Him (see Jn 5:14; 9:35). Yet this man,
instead of coming to faith in Jesus, betrayed Him to the Jewish leaders
(Jn 5:15).
This Lent, Jesus is re-visiting you to lead you to greater faith in Him.
Will you take the next step, plunge into deep water (Ez 47:5), and accept
Jesus as Lord?
Prayer: Father, may I splash joyfully in Your rivers of grace. I immerse
myself in Your overflowing, outpoured love (Rm 5:5).
Promise: "The man was immediately cured." —Jn 5:9
Praise: Sarah clings to Jesus in faith as He calls her to serve in
increasingly more difficult circumstances.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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