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Jesus Arbitrary Interference In A Man's Life
By: guest55 Date: March 28, 2019, 8:44 pm
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The Sinner
The man lay on his rags, his gaunt and listless eyes fixed on an
uncertain spot in the blue sky.
His emaciated bones were covered by his leathery skin and his
deformed legs scattered about his body like discarded sticks.
He had quit hoping and caring years ago. The pool-porch where
he’d been brought had eventually just become a sort of home for
him, a place to stay to pass the time away until he died.
The Pool
No one could quite trace the origins of the superstition , and
no one really knew if it were angels that disturbed the placid
surface or if it were just a stray, playful zephyr. But all The
suffers that surrounded that body of water were eager to be the
first in after the “angel” stirred the water and thus offered
healing.
The fact that the healthier individuals with the least disabling
conditions were able to jump into the pool first after such a
disturbance and thus were the most likely to recover from their
maladies only furthered the superstitious myth of salvation from
a pool of water.
The Savior
A shadow fell across the listless eyes and suddenly there stood
a man before him. This man had his eyes fixed upon him in a way
that made him feel exposed and he drew his rags around him.
The man suddenly asked him, “do you wish to be healed?“
The question at first startled him in its rawness. He hadn’t
considered healing in a very long time.
The doubt
“Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is
stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before
me.”
Is eyes grew listless again because he knew he was beyond hope.
He knew he was a sinner and that’s how he had gotten into this
condition. He knew that you had to claw and scratch to earn
God’s favor. 38 years of being pushed aside by those more able
than himself had taught him this.
He had watched men fight and wrestle over the random crumbs of
mercy God threw into the pool in the infrequent stirrings of the
water.
He’d often wondered if God laughed to watch these poor miserable
sinners scrapping with each other over the slight favors he
tossed their way. Maybe, he thought, it was God’s way of
enjoying a good cock fight.
The Arbitrary Salvation
Now here was this man asking him if he wanted to be healed.
That strange intense man who did not ask for alms, repentance,
obeisance or money.
Then a strange thing happened. Without waiting to be asked,
without waiting to be pleaded with, without him even expecting
it or having faith that it could possibly happen the man said to
him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately there
came a surging burning warmth through his body. He didn’t know
how but suddenly he knew he could walk and he stood up into the
fall stature of a man.
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Re: Jesus Arbitrary Interference In A Man's Life
By: patrick jane Date: June 12, 2019, 4:40 am
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Good post Grace.
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Re: Jesus Arbitrary Interference In A Man's Life
By: patrick jane Date: June 29, 2019, 11:15 am
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[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=389.msg6279#msg6279
date=1560332453]
Good post Grace.
[/quote]Yes.
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Re: Jesus Arbitrary Interference In A Man's Life
By: patrick jane Date: July 11, 2019, 5:52 am
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[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=389.msg6698#msg6698
date=1561824906]
[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=389.msg6279#msg6279
date=1560332453]
Good post Grace.
[/quote]Yes.
[/quote]Grace Accepted is pretty cool.
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