“He met a man at the pool of Bethesda who had been lame for 38 years.”
Pastor Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. preaches from John 21 urging listeners to "let him cook" — to let Jesus work in His timing and way. Using the breakfast-on-the-beach scene and pastoral stories, he outlines several "collisions" believers face (familiar vs. calling, fear vs. God's faithfulness, attachments vs. assignments, guilt vs. grace) and calls for trust, obedience, restoration, and response.
“Tells a lame person to get up and walk who's sitting next to the pool of Bethesda.”
A Bible study defining the 'kingdom of God' as God's rule coming to earth inaugurated in Jesus. The talk explains how Jesus' miracles signal the kingdom's arrival, calls the church to be ambassadors carrying heaven's will into the world, and highlights forgiveness as the central power for reconciliation and unity.
“Account of the pool at Bethesda and the healing of a man infirm thirty-eight years: 'waiting for the moving of the water' and Jesus heals him.”
A passionate call for the church to become an active, Spirit‑empowered force—bringing 'living water' into lives—so multitudes burdened by mental illness, addiction, and despair can be healed and restored. The preacher contrasts a passive waiting crowd with a church called to stir hearts, speak with authority, and bring tangible change.
“I've been lying by that pool for a long time... 38 years... then jesus walked up. He asked me a question nobody had ever asked: 'Do you want to be made well?'”
A Holy Week night of worship that dramatizes "voices from the crowd"—firsthand testimonies of people healed, restored, and seen by Jesus—calling worshippers to praise, repentance, prayer, and an invitation to receive salvation and join the church community ahead of Resurrection Sunday.
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