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BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 5: John 5:40-47

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SUMMARY OF JOHN 5:40-47

The religious leaders refused to come to Jesus. They do not have the love of God in their hearts. They accept and seek glory form other, but they don’t seek the glory that comes from God.

Moses is their accuser. They don’t believe Moses because Moses wrote about Jesus and they don’t believe him.

BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 5: John 5:40-47

13a) The religious leaders could have believed in Jesus. But it was by choice that they would not come to him. They did not have the love of God in their hearts (aka they were unbelievers).

b) For them to accept Jesus into their hearts.

14) We need to believe in Jesus and have God in our hearts. It’s a choice.

15) Because God and Jesus are the same. They are inextricably intertwined as part of the Trinity. If you reject one, you reject both.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 5: John 5:40-47

I love the emphasis on free will. Belief is a choice.

End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 5: John 5:40-47

The religious leaders did not believe all of the overwhelming testimonies before them (John the Baptist, his works, Scripture, and God), so they would not believe Jesus’ word either.

They did not love or honor God.

If another comes (the Anti-Christ), they would embrace him instead.

The religious leaders cared only about honor from others. Their pride got in the way.

Moses wrote about Jesus (Deuteronomy 18:15), and the leaders still rejected him when he came. Therefore, the religious leaders don’t believe Moses, either.

The testimony was overwhelming, and the religious leaders still did not believe. Very sad, indeed.

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BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15

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Summary of John 5:1-15

Jesus went up to Jerusalem. There was a pool called Bethesda, and a great number of disabled people used to lie near it. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” The man said he had no one to carry him to the pool. Jesus told him to pick up his mat and walk, and he did!

BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15

3) The man could not walk. He had been an invalid for 38 years. He was in need of spiritual healing since Jesus told him to stop sinning. He was hopeless since no one would help him into the water.

4a) Jesus asked the man if he wanted to get well. He asks this because some people don’t want to get well. It is also asking the man if he had faith in him to get well. The man explained his situation, which was hopeless.

b) Jesus said to the man, “Get up! Pick up your mat, and walk.” The commands required the man to do something (get up, pick up your mat, and walk) and required faith in Jesus’ words.

c) “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” It shows Jesus’ concern for the man’s spiritual health as well as his physical health. He is warning the man to stop sinning especially since he now has a new life.

5) I feel in time, answers reveal themselves. In the moment, it is extremely difficult to keep moving forward!

Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15

I love this miracle/sign of Jesus that John records. The power of Jesus when he speaks!

End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 7, Day 2: John 5:1-15

John 5 begins a new section in the Book of John. We’ll see a shift to more public disputes rather than Jesus as an unknown prophet.

The pool of Bethesda was a purported to be a place of healing.

Out of the multitude waiting, Jesus picked this man to heal. Spurgeon speculates that this was because no one else looked to Jesus for healing; instead, they looked at the water only.

The man responded out of faith, for he does what Jesus commands.

Jesus’ command to walk was to choose a new life.

Note the Jewish leaders asked the man who told him to walk, not who healed him. They didn’t care about the healing; all they cared about was who broke their man-made laws.

Jesus was just as concerned about the man’s spiritual health as he was for his physical health; in fact, more so, since this is infinitely more important.

The man reported Jesus out of fear of the religious leaders.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 7, Day 2: Genesis 9:18-23

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Summary of Genesis 9:18-23:

Noah had three sons with him in the Ark: Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Ham was the father of Canaan) who then populated the earth. Noah became drunk from wine one day, and he was naked in his tent. Ham told his two brothers of their father’s nakedness, both of whom covered up his father’s nakedness.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 7, Day 2: Genesis 9:18-23

3) Noah became drunk from wine one day, and he was naked in his tent. Ham told his two brothers of their father’s nakedness, both of whom covered up his father’s nakedness.

4) Personal question. My answer: Sin is pervasive.

5) Personal question. My answer: Avoid sin.

6a) Personal question. My answer: I’d say we’ve all been affected by our parents in some way. We learn from them how to be successful, or sometimes we repeat their mistakes.

b) Personal Question. My answer: It’s hard to say since it’s probably just my children who are affected. I’d like to think they don’t repeat my faults and they learn from my successes, but who knows. It’s hard to teach what only experience can teach you. In truth, it’s hard to say how anyone is being affected, even the persom themselves, without hindsight.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 7, Day 2: Genesis 9:18-23

I’m not totally sure I see the big deal in this passage. This happens all the time where people get drunk and others walk in on them. I’m also not sure about these questions either.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 7, Day 2: Genesis 9:18-23

We see the world being repopulated from the three sons mentioned here. For a complete list of descendants, stay tuned. It’s coming up in Genesis 10.

Fun Fact: We see the first recorded person drunk here — Noah, a giant of the Bible.

So what’s the big deal here? For me, it was hard to see since the Bible gives very little information but the facts. We’ll see in our next lesson that something was a big deal because Noah curses his youngest son, Ham, the land of Canaan.

Theories of the Big deal:

  • Noah was sexually abused by someone, perhaps his son, Ham. This is derived from a different translation that says “became uncovered,” which is associated with sex here: (Leviticus 18:6-20).
  • Ham made fun of Noah for being drunk

In truth, there is so little information here that we just don’t know. It’s up to interpretation. I find it strange the other two brothers walked in backwards. Being naked is nothing to be ashamed of. This is weird to me.