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00:00What Does It Say?
00:05Jesus healed a lame man at the pool of Bethesda and affirmed that he is God's son.
00:11What does it mean?
00:12The Jews in today's passage cared more about entrapping Jesus
00:16than they did about the physical and spiritual healing of a crippled man.
00:21As a result, they missed sharing the excitement of the miracle and recognizing Jesus as the Messiah.
00:28These same men read the prophetic scriptures describing Jesus every day.
00:33So how did they miss it?
00:35Jesus revealed their root problem.
00:37They did not have the love of God in their hearts.
00:40They thought that the act of reading scripture would give them eternal life
00:44when that life was found in the one they were reading about.
00:48They had outward religion with no inward reality.
00:51How should I respond?
00:52Spending time in God's Word daily is an essential discipline for a growing follower of Christ.
00:59However, today's passage warns that you can read the Bible regularly without experiencing spiritual growth.
01:06Do you have preconceived ideas about God and religion as the unbelieving Jews did?
01:12If you humbly approach the Bible with a teachable heart,
01:15you'll find life-transforming truth every time.
01:20God can then use you as an instrument of love and compassion to the hurting people around you.