The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-21
Sunday Ian. 81.

Read John 5: TO 6: Il. Stud.
John 5: 2-9: 6: S-l5.
The healing of the infirm mar
at Jerusalem and the feeding o.
the five thousand beyond the Sc;
of Galilec were two of the Lord:
miracles of mercy, and they pro
duced contrasting effects.
The first aroused Judean OPP
position. Jesus was attending 8
feast at Jerusalem. On the sab
bath he came to the Pool of Bethe'
soda, probably fed by an intermit.
tent spring, and found an invalid
Of 3S years, among many afflicted
.nes waiting for the curative
waters to be stirred. Jesus babe
ii intake up his bed and walk. He
,beyed. And this was what the
Jews criticized as violation of
he sabbath. The Healer was AZ
aligned before the Sanhedrin, and
probably from Judea under threat
q death.
The second aroused Galilean
aiulation. From Capernaum Jesus
withdrew across the Sea of Galilee
b the uninhabited district on its
northeastern shore. But the multi
tide followed by land around the
.orthern end of the sea, and late
the afternoon there were sew
Qal thousand still waiting upon
lis ministry. He decided that they
must be fed before they were dis
Missed. But all the resources n
hnd were five barley cakes and
tvo little fishes. With the lads
Ieal, however, he satisfied the
stated thousands and the frag-
rents left over were enough to
I'll II baskets. At once the peo-
re identified Jesus as the Mes
sah, and they tried by force to
make him their king. ..
TIE MIRACLE FOR THE SICK
(ohn s.
The mfirm Man by the Pool Of
hthcsada was miraculouSly heal
by the Great Physician. Note:
Z Jesus comes. He went up to
Jrusalem at the right time. He
APPEARED at one of the numerous
pCls of the capital, Bethesda
nelning house Of mercy" The
rsIvoir was probably filled from
a intermittent spring still in cX-
itelce and even yet believed to
ave curative properties for rhcu-
lat SIN and other diseases. 1t was
he general opinion that the stir
ing in the water was caused by
m angel and that the first afflict-
ID person to step into the water
lfto'ward would be instantly heal
ID. So Jesus found great crowd
of lick people lying in the five
porhcs or colonnadeS around the |
poo. (2) Jesus cares. Stretched
on he porches by the pool lay a
maj whose infilmi;y had made |
hin lame for thirty-eight years.
Jess singled him cut as probably |
theneediest object and the read
lest recipient Of his mercy and
miAt. So he symrathctically ask
ed ne sick man if he really wished
to ct well. OF course the invalid
leSed above all things else to be
1ead, but declared that owing to
aisnrirmity he was never able to I
he rst 70 stop IO".- i,ILO lile trOu-
bic and healing waters. (3) Jesus
ours. The Great Physician now
cav his own prescription for
hear "Rise, take up thy bed,
(pa.et) and walk y With new
stregth and new vii he bounded
up, rolled his cot ogether. and
CARED it forth walk be- sound and
well into the street and home
ware
THEMIRAcLE FoBTHE
HUNGRY (John 6,
TIL, Hungry Multitude by the
Sea If Galilee was hiraculously
fed K the Great Pvider. G)
The Iitying Christ 4 the need.
1t was the time of + Passover,
about the middle Of pril in the
year 80. Late in thsfternoon a
great multitude Hinged around
Jesus in the desert bee across
the sea from Caperlm. The
disciples must have 4 alarm as
to what should De cS of this
foodless. shelterless, owd at
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