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JESUS THE MESSIAH HEALS
MONDAY, MAY 12
John 5:1-31
Hebrews 1:1-6
“…My Father worketh hitherto,
and I work.”
JESUS THE MESSIAH HEALS
On the sabbath, Jesus healed a man who suffered for 38 years a terrible disease that caused him to be bedridden. This man hoped to be cured at the pool of Bethesda where an angel occasionally stirred the water for healing. Only the first one to step into the pool would be healed. This man no longer needed to wait. Jesus, the Messiah, had arrived “with healing in his wings” (Mal 4:2). Jesus healed him by the power of His Word, “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”
The Jews became very angry with Jesus because He healed on the sabbath, and even sought to kill Him. “But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” Both the Father and the Son were united in accomplishing the work of man’s redemption. Jesus did not work independently. He worked in conjunction with His Father. Jesus’ argument showed how absurd their accusation was, for in faulting Him the Son, they also faulted Jehovah the Father.
God the Father and God the Son are one not only in essence, but also in their work of accomplishing the eternal plan of redemption. God the Son works in tandem with God the Father. What the Father thinks, the Son thinks. What the Father does, the Son does. Whom the Father condemns, the Son condemns also. There is perfect harmony and agreement between the two. They are never in conflict. So when the Son is honoured, the Father is honoured, and when the Son is despised, the Father is likewise despised. The Father and the Son are inseparable. They have the same judgment, the same authority, and the same power.
Both the Father and the Son bestow life upon those who believe. That is why Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
THOUGHT: Jesus is of the very same nature as the Father.
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for the Lord Jesus, Thy obedient Son.