JOHN 5 SIN NO MORE

January 22


JOHN 5
10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” – John 5:10-17


JOHN 5 SIN NO MORE
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
When Jesus bring healing in your life
Be thankful and break the habit of sin
Begin to serve the Lord your God instead
Then you won’t be a slave to your flesh.


This account is the narrative that will eventually start up the plot to kill Jesus. These Jewish leaders were all getting insecure more and more each day as the salvation plan was nearing its hour. They were all gathering every little detail to kill Jesus and not share the fame and honor that only used to be theirs. They forced the man whom Jesus healed to reveal to them who did the healing on the day of Sabbath. Of course, they probably suspected it was already Jesus. But if they can gather enough evidence against this man whom many idolized and followed, it would be easier to stir up a crucifixion.
Barclay comments: We have already seen what the Jews did with the law of God. It was a series of great wide principles which men were left to apply and carry out but throughout the years the Jews had made it into thousands of little rules and regulations. The law simply said that the Sabbath day must be different from other days and that on it neither a man nor his servants nor his animals must work; the Jews set out thirty-nine different classifications of work, one of which was that it consisted in carrying a burden.


REFLECTION
• Why did Jesus say to the man “You are well, sin no more?”