The Healing Voice of God R1697

Just a few moments will head to John chapter 5 with Dr. Wilton.

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We need you in the White House. We need you in Congress. We need you in our streets are not airports. We need your healing Lord Jesus, we come before you today. We cry out to you today and we thank you Jesus, please forgive the interruptible guy was just a Dr. Don Wilton après Dr. Don Wilton. We remind you where you are not computer to connect with 24 hours a day, 6899 wording 68999673, and online@twonline.org where you will discover great resources like in a frame labor even this year gone just so spoke to me again but showed me some things are not just policies on to you today because we so desperately need healing. I want to speak to you today about the healing voice of God and God's going to apply this to your healing cry Butte physical healing be at that concerned that you have Butte that situation with your children that fracture in your family that cry that you have for the healing of our nation. It's impossible. What can you do what can we do slack. We just being caught up in this vortex.

It's like the traffic flowing in the confusion in the hurt and the pain and everything God's going to speak to you. I want you to open your Bibles to John chapter 5… Read this passage. This is the word of God willing John chapter 5 this is what the Bible says John chapter 5 in verse one after this there was a feast of the Jews and the Jews went up to Jerusalem not in Jerusalem by the sheep gate. There was a pool which in Aramaic is called the thing is, which has five roofed colonnades in the these lame all choose of in the leads blind.

Lehman paralyzed one man in particular was they who had been an invalid lead for 38 years when Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he'd already been there for a long time.

He seemed to him. Do you want to be healed the sick man on said since I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up and while I'm going another steps down before me. And Jesus said to him, get up, take up your bed and walk in. Once the man was healed and he took up his bed and he will now. The day was the Sabbath so the Jews said to the man who'd been healed. It's the Sabbath it's not lawful for you to take up your bed buddy Onset that man was the one who healed me. That man seemed to me, take up your bed and walk and they Austin, who is the man who said, take up your bid and will now the man who had been healed and not know was Jesus had withdrawn as there was a crowd in the place, but afterwards Jesus found him in the temple and CTM see you all will send no more and nothing worse will happen to you.

The man went away and told the Jews that Jesus who had healed him by the Lord, give us an understanding as we pray for one another and just God bless you today precious friend as you listen from the point of your own healing. There are a number of things with noting that we need to establish about this first bowl where this took place. It lies right outside the temple mount. You list truly walk off the temple mound into the courtyard that has the pool of the thing is it's right next to it right at the sheep gate the sheep gate is the gate that goes down to the garden of Gethsemane you would go out the sheep gate on the eastern side and then you would cross through the Kidron Valley and up to the garden of Gethsemane. So when Jesus comes back, he's going to land on the Mount of olives is going to walk down parts the garden of Gethsemane and toward the sheep where the eastern gate of the temple is which is sealed and oni as the prophet says only Jesus will open that day when he reclaims his throne on Mount Moriah. The place of sacrifice place where Abraham sacrificed Isaac rorty's biggest and God said, not even your biggest can be the sacrifice that can heal people, not even your best can do that only Jesus waited this take place. This is very important for you to hear the pool of Bethesda was not a Christian healing pool not even sort of the pool of the phases of the word Bethesda means mercy. That's the word mercy. It's a beautiful the house of the phase of the house of mercy.

So the pool of Bethesda was part of the Hellenization of the Roman Empire. It was one of the many things that were built by the Roman presses who were ranked pagans God Jehovah had no part of their life.

In fact, they crucified Jesus accepting the cry of the crowd to crucify him in the pool of Bethesda was no different to the theater that was sports complex. Even just you almost from the pool of Bethesda. Looking at the end Tonio fortress which lies on the right side of the temple mound way pilot was weak. Jesus was judged that was Roman. The Hellenization of Jerusalem and the pool of Bethesda was built to the God Asclepius ass clip use that was his pool who was Asclepius Asclepius God the pagan God Asclepius was the God of Will being the God of health and the God of medicine that's who he was and just to help you to understand Asclepius. Asclepius had two daughters. Guess what their names were ones name was hi Gina or hi Genia, that sound medicinal hi Jean, where do we get our name hi Jean, he's first daughter her name was hi Genia the second daughters name was Panna Celia panacea Raymond E for sickness on on being very simple and medical people are saying you just scratching the surface. I so yes Asclepius the God of medicine, the God of healing. He's two daughters hi Genia and panacea the symbol for all of this was a snake still to this day the medical symbol on so putting all these things together. This place here was a place where God so impressed on me was a pagan place where, according to the gardens. Whomever went to this place because that was the place that you were supposed to go to to toss the gods to do their work. Justin Martyr, one of the great fathers that were yours. He said how do you explain all of this, the stirring of the water in every Justin Martyr saved and I'm quoting Justin Martin when the devil brings forward. Asclepius is the razor of the day and the healer of all diseases may not say in this matter. Likewise, he has imitated the prophecies of Christ now who is the devil is the great imitator. Everything he does. He tries to save himself up as God like God and actually and in times that's the ultimate what's going to happen with Antichrist whose antichrist and during the tribulation antichrist is going to seat himself up in the temple as God. And because the Holy Spirit is going to be removed from the earth. Everybody who's been left behind is going to believe it because they have no means to not believe it because the Holy Spirit is the one who convicts us concerning sin and righteousness and judgment take the spirit out. You've got to expect sin you got to expected disdain for the righteousness of God and you've got to expect a mockery concerning the judgment of God. So here we have the pool of Bethesda. That's where this took place wanted to provide water. This provide well I provided an avenue.

It was one of the many features of the Roman Empire. It was no different in many ways from the sporting activities where they would provide these gory scenes so that people would come in and see students scream and shout and give thanks to the feelings and feel like they could let it all hang out, so to speak. That's what the Romans that they understood the lust of human nature for something to be able to think on to get a hold of and the pool of Bethesda dedicated the God Asclepius was the place where they said look man, you come to this garden. If he wants to buy whatever means you do it. They believed they believed and hundreds of thousands of people came including this one man came looking for the onset in the wrong place.

To the wrong person and in his case, costing many many years as the Bible said so why was he there.

This brother here this man here was there for very good reason folks he was desperate need of healing. He was desperate for healing.

He had a very very good reason. Just like you and just like me just like all of us. We've got a reason you've got a reason I want you to strange waves.

I want you to accept and celebrate your reason that makes sense to you. I want you to know you'll anxiety your pain in your body. That diagnosis, you've got a reason to want to be healed. This is not some internal imaginary thing that's going on. This is real, folks.

This is serious stuff. These forgive the interruption will be back in just a moment with the rest of today's message with Dr. Don Wilton, but Dr. Don Wilton remind you we hear. Pray for you to connect with resources 24 hours a day at this number 8668. That's 86689673, and online at tewonline.org G where you will discover great resources like this. I cannot describe how incredible what a privilege and an to sit at the feet of Dr. Billy Graham is a sprain cost so many years, right there eddies every Saturday I've put that down in Saturdays with my thoughts.

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Now back to today's great teaching with Dr. Don Wilton and then the fourth thing was, was that he would even this is all going to come together here, who was at that human after all is said and done in the Bible here sees that he'd been coming all his life been in these conditions for 38 years, and he was persistent he was desperate and in the final analysis, who you the only person who could. It wasn't the water was in the place it wasn't Asclepius's Jesus and I just want to say the subject so much in my mind.

I just want to say this to you that often Jesus and healed him.

There were two pools have a lot I want to tell you there are two pools within walking distance is the pool of Bethesda here and then at the bottom of the city of David the bottom of the Kidron Valley almost where Gahanna meets the Kidron Valley you have the pool of silo. When Jesus healed the man at the pool of silo. He told him off preview them to go and wash off in the pool of silo. But this man, after he healed him.

He didn't tell it now go and wash off in the pool of Bethesda. Why because Jesus wanted him to know when I've healed. You don't go back to the gods. Don't go back and dip your toes in the waters that are not mine. And that's why Jesus said don't go back to your sin of falling off for another God. He didn't say your sin is the course for your sickness. He was saying you were sinning because you are following pagan gods and Jesus said you want to go back to the pagan gods. These things will come back on you, because I do not share my space with any other God, and there are many of us we go to Jesus and Jesus wants is our prayer, and two weeks later we're back to the same thing very quickly just to contextualize five ways.

The Jesus heals can write these down five ways in the Bible Jesus deals number one instantly previous chapter John chapter 4, starting at verse 46. There are just countless illustrations. Jesus, he was instantly I watched even in our church. I've seen it in the lives there are some people sitting here today that we've watched go through deep deep orders and Jesus has just healed them. Just like it. I've heard so many stories and diagnosis in the case of sickness and they did this, that went to the doctor and the radiologist came and said we just don't understand is not a sign of anything Jesus can heal instantly. Number two. Jesus heals slowly so you go to Mark chapter 8 talking about the blind man with side Mark chapter 8, the blind man at bedside. Jesus heals slowly from Eisai. Very respectfully, in the face of my Jesus. It's his decision. Sometimes he was instantly sometimes he seems to take his time.

Thirdly, Jesus heals in the Bible medicinally. He uses people godly doctors, nurses, medical people. He heals medicinally in our day and age.

How true is that you going to Luke chapter 10. The Bible is full of all of oil, the Samaritan man are seen in Luke chapter 10 heals medicinally. God uses the means that have been brought into the benefit of our people, but he heals number four, fourth way he heals gracefully. I don't how to put that in another term because in second Corinthians 12 pieces. My grace is sufficient for you, and this is a tough one. I've met some of the most grace food people in this congregation who have had debilitating whatever it might be for years and years and years and in that they been healed gracefully because they carry in the context of that debilitation. Such a living testimony of grace. I don't how to say this. Please forgive me. It's like God is just said I want you to keep having this problem because you are placing so many people there are people I meet that I know all hurting in whatever way but they show such grace, the final one that I put on the table today is Jesus. He was eternally he takes people home to be with you none, 20, 21, Karen's father, my father-in-law got code and yeah it was a very elderly gentleman but essentially to my father-in-law and we like many people just like you very very love the love man and it was because of covert. He was taken off the hospital. We couldn't even see them memo those that time, his loss, five weeks on this earth. We couldn't even see our father couldn't go in.

Couldn't see him is by himself and I remember when they brought in the hospice the lost day and we stood there watching them offload him from an ambulance and then put them into this little isolation room at hospice. We couldn't go in which stand outside the window and I remember my father-in-law saying I have fought the good fight of faith. The list of these hand and he saluted us through the window and shortly there often Jesus healed him eternally. This week a lady very close to my wife. Same thing happened or you know eternal healing is the greatest healing because it's tied into the greatest healing that God never gives us what's the greatest healing salvation.

This is a picture of the greatest single healing that can take place when he heals us from death to life.

The healing of forgiveness. Everyone that is listening right now is a sinner. Everyone all of us of sin. And we've been healed because we been forgiven. What hope would we have in the world. What hope would we have with our sons and daughters in my life and ministry folks are built with men who have been unfaithful to their wives and they can face the sender Jesus and Jesus forgave and then they can fix that to their wife and they why forgave's greatest healing that could ever happen if you took the greatest healing of Jesus out of us what we left with why all we Christians why do we believe because of the healing of Jesus is the greatest joy in the world so full healing to happen.

I've earmarked five things that need to take place for you to be healed. Someone you have to be in the right place and I don't know what I'm saying that I stood at the pool of Bethesda. It was the wrong place for this man for 38 years, but are turning to the right place.

I think right now, you just might find yourself in the right place be up here will be listening in your living room are you in the right place.

Number two, you need to be in the right position. I'm speaking of your heart the way you opposition before holy and a righteous God number three you need to have the right reason to be seeking healing you go to get down to that inner motive, and I began my message a little while ago saying you thought the reason number four. You need to have the right determination. Nothing should stand in your way and then you need to be going to the right person, you can spend 38 years doing everything trying everything that you dealing with SK PS and he's not going to heal you and then here comes Jesus. This is the voice of God, would you bow your heads with me.

Every head bowed, Jesus. We hear your voice. So many of us have gone repeatedly to the pool of Bethesda and we looking at you, Jesus, it's your voice it's who you are there people who will come forward seeking prayer making decisions there people right now and giving the single greatest. I pray Lord Jesus the people's trust as Savior and are you wary heavy laden, Jesus wants us to come and lay out right there at the foot of the cross and will be the one we believe the Smokies you are doing your and we believe it and we are praising the name of Jesus.

And when people come and save us. Jesus did, he did it and he can do it in yours in my life as well.

Jesus is ready to meet you right where you are given listening to Dr. Don Wilton our teacher here on The Encouraging Word and you heard him as his teaching and preaching from the pulpit. Now, as he steps in the studio would you open your heart to what you want to share next are you ready to give your heart and life to the Lord Jesus Christ. Why don't you pray this prayer with me right now. Dear God, I know that Arneson and I know that Jesus died for me on the cross today, I repent of my sin and by faith I receive you into my heart. In Jesus name, my friend. I welcome you today into the family of God. This is exciting news. Perhaps you are praying along with Dr. Wilton. Moments ago you know God is changing your life from the inside out. You given your life to Jesus, will you rededicate your life to Christ. Dr. Don Wilton pray for you and he want you to have some free resources that will help you take some of the next steps in routing your faith, please call us what's in these information to you at 866-899-WORD again the number is 866-899-9673 or you can meet us on our website as well at tewonline.org G that's DEW online.org