2 Stories, 3 Words

 

Psalm 103:13 

King James Version

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, 

so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

The Bible is rich in God's love.

Here are two wonderful stories about Jesus -- who He healed, how He healed, and what He said.

The adulterous woman.

John 8:1-11 (KJV)

8 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, 

and all the people came unto him; 

and he sat down, 

and taught them.

3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him

a woman taken in adultery; 

and when they had set her in the midst,

4 They say unto him, 

Master, 

this woman was taken in adultery, 

in the very act.

5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, 

that such should be stoned: 

but what sayest thou?

6 This they said, tempting him, 

that they might have to accuse him. 

But Jesus stooped down, 

and with his finger wrote on the ground, 

as though he heard them not.

7 So when they continued asking him, 

he lifted up himself, 

and said unto them, 

He that is without sin among you, 

let him first cast a stone at her.

8 And again he stooped down, 

and wrote on the ground.

9 And they which heard it, 

being convicted by their own conscience, 

went out one by one, 

beginning at the eldest, 

even unto the last: 

and Jesus was left alone, 

and the woman standing in the midst.

10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, 

and saw none but the woman, 

he said unto her, 

Woman, 

where are those thine accusers? 

hath no man condemned thee?

11 She said, 

No man, Lord. 

And Jesus said unto her, 

Neither do I condemn thee: 

go, and sin no more.

The cripple.

John 5:1-15 (KJV)

5 After this there was a feast of the Jews; 

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, 

which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, 

having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, 

of blind, halt, withered, 

waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certain season 

into the pool, 

and troubled the water: 

whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in 

was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

5 And a certain man was there, 

which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lie, 

and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, 

he saith unto him, 

Wilt thou be made whole?

7 The impotent man answered him,

 Sir, I have no man, 

when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: 

but while I am coming, 

another steppeth down before me.

8 Jesus saith unto him, 

Rise, 

take up thy bed, 

and walk.

9 And immediately the man was made whole,

 and took up his bed, 

and walked: 

and on the same day was the sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, 

It is the sabbath day: 

it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, 

He that made me whole, 

the same said unto me, 

Take up thy bed, 

and walk.

12 Then asked they him, 

What man is that which said unto thee, 

Take up thy bed, 

and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: 

for Jesus had conveyed himself away, 

a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, 

and said unto him, 

Behold, thou art made whole: 

sin no more, 

lest a worse thing come unto thee.

15 The man departed, 

and told the Jews that it was Jesus, 

which had made him whole.

Apart from the very powerful:

"Wilt thou be made whole?"

THREE other words were commanded by Christ to the woman, and the cripple:

"Sin no more."

And so it is for us, too.

Shall we be made whole?

Shall we sin no more?

This series on sin will help us get back on track with Christ.

(Image source: Chris Galbraith's Turquoise Bay, Australia)

Updated 25 January 2022