The Topeka state journal., 1922-09-30

and he and his whole household be-
came believers.
This is the second miracle that
Jesus performed, after coming from
Judaea into Galilee.
Jesus cures a Cripple at Bethesda
After this there was a Festival of
the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusa-
lem. Now there is in Jerusalem near
the Sheep Gate a pool, called in
Hebrew Bethesda 1t has five arcades.
In these there used to lie a great
number of sick persons, and of people
who were blind or lame or paralysed.
And there was one man there who
had been an invalid for thirty eight
years. Jesus saw him lying there, and
knowing that he had been a long
time in that condition, He asked him,
do you wish to have health and
strength?''
Sir" replied the sufferer. 'T have
no one to put me into the pool when
the water is moved; but while I am
coming some one else steps down be-
fore me-"
Rise" said Jesus. take up your
mat and walk"
Instantly the man was restored to
perfect health, and he took up his
mat and began to walk.
His Right to do this is challenged
That day was a Sabbath. So the
Jews said to the man who had been
cured,
"It is the Sabbath; you must not
carry your mat"
"He who cured me-" he replied.
said to me, Take up your mat and
walk"
''Who is it." they asked, that said
to you, Take up your mat and walk 2"
But the man who had been cured
did not know who it was; for Jesus
had passed out unnoticed, there being
a crowd in the place.
Afterwards Jesus found him in the
Temple and said to him,
you are now restored to health.
Do not sin any more, or a worse thing
may befall you.'
The man went and told the Jews
that it was Jesus who had restored
him to health; and on this account the
Jews began to persecute Jesus-be-
cause He did these things on the Sab
bath.
His reply to their accusation was,
MY Father works increasingly, and
so do l."
On this account then the Jews were
all the more eager to put Him to
death-because He not only broke the
Sabbath, but also spoke of God as
being in a special sense His Father,
thus putting Himself on a level with
God.
Jesus JuSLfIlGS H1mSel1
I'm most solemn truth I tell you
replied Jesus, that the Son can do
nothing of Himself-He can only do
what He sees the Father doing; for
whatever He does, that the Son does
in like manner. For the father loves
the Son and reveals to Him all that
He Himself is doing. And greater
deeds than these will He reveal to
Him, in order that you may wonder.
For just as the Father awakens the
dead and gives them life, so the Son
also gives life to whom Ee wills. The
Father indeed does not Judge any one,
but He has entrusted all judgment to
the Son. that all may honour the Son
even as they honour the Father. The
man who withholds honour from the
Son withholds honour from the Father
who sent Him.
Obedience leads to Life
'In most solemn truth I tell you
that he who listens to my teaching
and believes Him who sent me, has
the Life of the Ages, and does not
come under judgment. but has passed
over out of death into Life.
Resurrection and Judgment
'In most solemn truth tell you
that a time is coming-nay, has al
ready come-when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God, and
those who hear it will live. For just
as the Father has life in Himself, SO
He has also given to the Son to have
life in himself. And He has conferred
on Him authority to act as Judge, be-
cause He is the Son of Man. Wonder
not at this. For a time is coming
when all who are in the graves will
hear His voice and will com forth
they who have done what is right to
the resurrection of Life, and they
whose actions have been evil to the
resurrection of Judgment.
ST can of my own self do nothing.
As am hidden, so I judge; and mine
is a just judgment. because it is not
my own will that guides me, but the
will of Him who sent me.
The Witness borne to Jesus
IF give testimony concerning my
self, my testimony cannot be accepted.
There is Another who gives testimony
concerning me. and know that the