Living In the Kingdom/Living Out the Kingdom: Bringing Wholeness

We live in a throw away culture.  If something’s broken, we pitch it and get a new one.  Very rarely will we take the time, effort and money to fix something because it simply isn’t cost effective.  A few years ago the battery on our portable phone died and so we looked into getting a replacement battery — the battery alone cost more than it would to buy a whole new phone!  We live in a crazy generation!

Even people can sometimes be seen as too far gone, too broken, too much work, not worth the effort.  I thank God that He doesn’t view us this way!  That even when we were His enemies Jesus came to rescue us, and Jesus gave His life as a sacrifice for us while we were still sinners, completely opposed to Him!  Just take a look at Romans 5:1-11.

On Sunday we’re going to be looking at John 5:1-14 — the healing at the pool.  Jesus saves us not because we earn it, or deserve it, but because of His great love for us.  However, we still need to respond, and there is a warning in this passage about failing to respond.  There’s much contained in these few verses and we’ll only be able to scratch the surface!