Sunday, January 25, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 8
John 5:1-46 NIV
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem
for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the
Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is
called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered
colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to
lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One
who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When
Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a
long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7 "Sir,"
the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the
water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of
me." 8 Then Jesus said to him,"Get up! Pick up your
mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured;
he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a
Sabbath, 10 and so the Jews said
to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to
carry your mat." 11 But he replied,
"The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " 12 So
they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and
walk?" 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was,
for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later
Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well
again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to
you." 15 The man went away and told the Jews that
it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on
the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. 17 Jesus said to them, "My
Father is always at his work to this
very day, and I, too, am working." 18 For this reason the
Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he
breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making
himself equal with God. 19 Jesus gave them this
answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because
whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father
loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your
amazement he will show him even greater things than these. 21 For
just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even
so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover,
the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,23 that
all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the
Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. 24 "I
tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be
condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has
now come when the dead will hear the
voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For
as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him
authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28"Do
not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who
are in their graves will hear his voice 29and come out--those who
have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be
condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for
I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
31 "If I testify about myself, my testimony
is not valid. 32 There is another who testifies
in my favor,and I know that his testimony about me is valid. 33 "You
have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 Not
that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you
may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that burned
and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his
light. 36 "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and
which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself
testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor
seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in
you, for you do not believe the one he
sent. 39 You diligently study the
Scriptures because you think that by them you possess
eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about
me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to
have life. 41 "I do not accept praise from men, 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have
the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father's
name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you
will accept him. 44 How can you believe if you accept praise
from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the
only God ? 45 "But do
not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. 46 If
you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.47 But
since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I
say?"
Psalm 70
Psalm 70 (New International Version)
Psalm 70
For the director of music. Of David. A petition.
1 Hasten, O God, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.
2 May those who seek my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" turn back because of their shame.
4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "Let God be exalted!"
5 Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Psalm 70
For the director of music. Of David. A petition.
1 Hasten, O God, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.
2 May those who seek my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" turn back because of their shame.
4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "Let God be exalted!"
5 Yet I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
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