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And remember, it's all about Jesus.

All right, if you've got a Bible, go to John Chapter 5. We're taken basically a year. We're

going line by line through the Gospel of John. And really it's all about Jesus

and people. Thus far, we've learned about Jesus and we learn a lot about Jesus as we see him minister to and interact with various people we've seen

Jesus deal with Jewish people Samar Samaritan people, Roman people, different nations, cultures that typically

and invariably didn't get along very well but Jesus pursued each of them.

We've seen Jesus deal with men and women, young and old, rich and poor, powerful and powerless, and

those who are healthy and those who are sick.

It just goes to show everybody needs Jesus and Jesus has a ministry for everybody.

And what you're gonna meet today is a guy who has been sick,

he has been disabled, he has been in chronic pain and suffering

for 38 years, which is longer than most men in that day

are many men in that day, many men in that day I should say would even live and so some of you

struggle with this your health is not great you have chronic health problems

you have chronic pain and suffering for some of you even getting out of the bed in the morning comes with a certain degree of

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