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Bethesda   John 5:1-16

(What is Grace? What is Mercy?)



Intro.

v. 2 - Bethesda = house of

; place of grace & mercy

Isaiah 61

Proverbs 13:12

v. 8 – Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, take up your bed and walk.”



v. 9 – And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

What is God’s Grace?

  It is His

expressed. Ephesians 2:8-9

  It is

and cannot be earned.

  God’s grace is His

.

What is God’s Mercy?

  It is His

expressed.

  It is undeserved and cannot be

.

  God’s mercy is His

.

Insights

  1. The superstition represents

.

  2. The superstition promotes

.

  3. The invalids are a picture of our

state.

  4. Their interaction is a picture of our

.



Notes:




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Presented to Family Church by Dr. Jim McCarty on December 26, 2021.

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