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StoneBridge Community Church
Feb 14/15: "The Man by the Pool" - John 5:1-18
Senior Pastor Jon Saur
Locations & Times
StoneBridge Community Church
4832 Cochran St, Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA
Saturday 5:15 PM
Sunday 5:20 PM
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https://stonebridgesimi.com/resources/online-givingThe Text In Context
"Some, perhaps, may not have yet reached the place this man had reached. They are not helpless enough, yet. They are not ready to give up on human efforts to solve their problems. They are not ready to admit they cannot make it on their own. They are still determined to get into the water, (on their own) when it is troubled. Jesus can do nothing for them.'" Click link to read more.
https://tinyurl.com/7ve5vanyMessage Outline:
1. Nicodemus and the Women from Samaria
2. The Man By the Pool
3. His Response
4. Gratitude
5. Our Response
1. Nicodemus and the Women from Samaria
2. The Man By the Pool
3. His Response
4. Gratitude
5. Our Response
Next Steps:
1. Find something to be grateful to Jesus for.
2. Express that gratitude.
1. Find something to be grateful to Jesus for.
2. Express that gratitude.
Growth Group Discussion & Personal Reflection Questions:
1. The man at the pool had been ill for 38 years. How might the man's chronic/long term illness shape his outlook and/or expectations? How might chronic and/or long term illness affect a person's openness to God's healing today?
2. After being healed, the man shifts responsibility to Jesus and distances himself from him. Why do you think he responds this way? Why might we hesitate to identify with Jesus publicly? How might this story challenge how we respond when our faith becomes costly or controversial?
3. The Gospel of John gives us clear examples of characters who respond to Jesus with gratitude. We don't see any evidence of gratitude from the man by the pool. Why do you think he doesn't display gratitude to Jesus?
4. How do you cultivate gratitude?
5. What are the benefits to practicing gratitude? Is gratitude something that can be practiced?
6. Jesus' healing on the sabbath creates tension with the religious authorities who miss the miracle, entirely. Are there contemporary rules, traditions, or understandings that could cause us to miss what God is doing today? What are they?
7. What steps can we take to ensure we don't miss out on what God is doing today?
1. The man at the pool had been ill for 38 years. How might the man's chronic/long term illness shape his outlook and/or expectations? How might chronic and/or long term illness affect a person's openness to God's healing today?
2. After being healed, the man shifts responsibility to Jesus and distances himself from him. Why do you think he responds this way? Why might we hesitate to identify with Jesus publicly? How might this story challenge how we respond when our faith becomes costly or controversial?
3. The Gospel of John gives us clear examples of characters who respond to Jesus with gratitude. We don't see any evidence of gratitude from the man by the pool. Why do you think he doesn't display gratitude to Jesus?
4. How do you cultivate gratitude?
5. What are the benefits to practicing gratitude? Is gratitude something that can be practiced?
6. Jesus' healing on the sabbath creates tension with the religious authorities who miss the miracle, entirely. Are there contemporary rules, traditions, or understandings that could cause us to miss what God is doing today? What are they?
7. What steps can we take to ensure we don't miss out on what God is doing today?
Worship Song List
1. Your Love Never Fails by Chris McClarney and Anthony Skinner
2. Reckless Love by Cory Asbury
3. I Will Look Up by Elevation Worship
4. How Deep The Father's Love for Us by Stuart Townend
5. God That Saves by Stephen McWhirter
1. Your Love Never Fails by Chris McClarney and Anthony Skinner
2. Reckless Love by Cory Asbury
3. I Will Look Up by Elevation Worship
4. How Deep The Father's Love for Us by Stuart Townend
5. God That Saves by Stephen McWhirter
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