John 5:1-18 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.… I. WHO ARE TO RISE. 1. The sinful. 2. The spiritually depressed. 3. Declining Christians, for (1) Their prayers have got low, (2) their Bible reading, (3) their attendance at Church and Holy Communion. (4) Their intercourse with their family and the world. (5) Their charities and general usefulness. II. ABOVE WHAT ARE THEY TO RISE? 1. Sin. 2. Self. 3. The world. 4. Their retrospects. 5. Their hopes. 6. Their sorrows. III. TO WHAT are they to rise? 1. To Christ. 2. To duty. 3. To heaven. (J. Vaughan, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.WEB: After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
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