Today's meditation John chapter 9:11-23.
1. When the neighbours asked the man how he got healed he said that a man called Jesus anointed his eyes with clay and asked him to go and wash it in the pool of Siloam and when he did so he was healed. (V11)
2. They asked him where
Christ was for which he said he knew not. (V12)
3. They brought him to the Pharisees (V13)
4. The day when Jesus healed the man was the Sabbath day . (V14)
5. The Pharisees asked the man again how he got healed and the man said that CHRIST put clay in his eyes and he washed and he saw. (V15)
6. Then there was confusion among the Pharisees that he is not God as he did not keep the Sabbath day while others said if he is a sinner how he can do such miracles and there was division among them. (V16)
7. They asked the blind man himself what he thinks about Christ for which he said he is a prophet. (V17)
8. The Jews still did not believe him and called his parents of the man that received his sight. (V18)
9. They said that he is their son who was born blind, But they don't know how he got healed or who opened his eyes and that they can ask him themselves as he is of age. (V19, 21)
10. They said he is of age and to ask him about it because they feared the Jews as if anyone confess Christ, the Jews agreed that they will be put out of the synagogue. (V22, 23)
LIFE APPLICATION:
The Godly Sabbath:
Many of us struggle to find rest for our souls. We run and run and run... till we are drained... to the end. This is the reason God gave us the law of Sabbath that we will have a complete day of rest and we make that day holy for the Lord.
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exodus:16:23
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus:31:15
This was given as a commandment through the law of Moses.
It is this law that the Pharisees felt offended with when Christ healed the blind on the Sabbath.
Now let us meditate on what it means by a Christ like Sabbath... that will give rest to our weary souls.
Why do we need rest?
Most of the time we get so weary of brokenness. We drench our bed with tears.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalm:6:6
2. Bitterness of soul makes our soul weary.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job:10:1
3. We become weary when we labour in vain.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Jeremiah:51:58
4. We weary ourselves for vanity.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Habakkuk:2:13
5. We weary ourselves to commit iniquity.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah:9:5
Our God is a God of rest for every weary soul.
1. God said to Moses that he will give him rest.
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Exodus:33:14
When God's presence go with us... he will give us rest.
2. Sabbath according to the commandment a way of giving us rest.
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Leviticus:25:4
3. God gives us rest amidst our enemies.
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua:21:44
4. We rest in hope
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalm:16:9
5. We have rest in our Lord.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalm:37:7
6. There is a rest for the people of God in Christ.
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Hebrews:4:8
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews:4:9
7. The yoke of Christ is much lighter and he gives rest to our souls.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew:11:28
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew:11:29
This is why Christ said that he is also the Lord of the Sabbath day....
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matthew:12:8
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mark:2:27
This is why Paul writes to Colossians that we cannot be judged based on traditions.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Colossians:2:16
Christ himself is our rest. May our souls find it's rest in the Lord of the Sabbath... Amen.
2. They asked him where
Christ was for which he said he knew not. (V12)
3. They brought him to the Pharisees (V13)
4. The day when Jesus healed the man was the Sabbath day . (V14)
5. The Pharisees asked the man again how he got healed and the man said that CHRIST put clay in his eyes and he washed and he saw. (V15)
6. Then there was confusion among the Pharisees that he is not God as he did not keep the Sabbath day while others said if he is a sinner how he can do such miracles and there was division among them. (V16)
7. They asked the blind man himself what he thinks about Christ for which he said he is a prophet. (V17)
8. The Jews still did not believe him and called his parents of the man that received his sight. (V18)
9. They said that he is their son who was born blind, But they don't know how he got healed or who opened his eyes and that they can ask him themselves as he is of age. (V19, 21)
10. They said he is of age and to ask him about it because they feared the Jews as if anyone confess Christ, the Jews agreed that they will be put out of the synagogue. (V22, 23)
LIFE APPLICATION:
The Godly Sabbath:
Many of us struggle to find rest for our souls. We run and run and run... till we are drained... to the end. This is the reason God gave us the law of Sabbath that we will have a complete day of rest and we make that day holy for the Lord.
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Exodus:16:23
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus:31:15
This was given as a commandment through the law of Moses.
It is this law that the Pharisees felt offended with when Christ healed the blind on the Sabbath.
Now let us meditate on what it means by a Christ like Sabbath... that will give rest to our weary souls.
Why do we need rest?
Most of the time we get so weary of brokenness. We drench our bed with tears.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalm:6:6
2. Bitterness of soul makes our soul weary.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job:10:1
3. We become weary when we labour in vain.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Jeremiah:51:58
4. We weary ourselves for vanity.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Habakkuk:2:13
5. We weary ourselves to commit iniquity.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Jeremiah:9:5
Our God is a God of rest for every weary soul.
1. God said to Moses that he will give him rest.
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Exodus:33:14
When God's presence go with us... he will give us rest.
2. Sabbath according to the commandment a way of giving us rest.
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Leviticus:25:4
3. God gives us rest amidst our enemies.
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua:21:44
4. We rest in hope
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalm:16:9
5. We have rest in our Lord.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalm:37:7
6. There is a rest for the people of God in Christ.
For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
Hebrews:4:8
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews:4:9
7. The yoke of Christ is much lighter and he gives rest to our souls.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew:11:28
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew:11:29
This is why Christ said that he is also the Lord of the Sabbath day....
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matthew:12:8
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mark:2:27
This is why Paul writes to Colossians that we cannot be judged based on traditions.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Colossians:2:16
Christ himself is our rest. May our souls find it's rest in the Lord of the Sabbath... Amen.
