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today's devotional. Hey, thanks for tuning in to the Daily Drive podcast. I hope you having a good day,

and our time together today will help you get to know God better. My name is Mike Bro, and we hang here Monday through Friday for a few minutes, and we have been hanging

in the book of John, this good news biography of Jesus that highlights mainly seven signs and

miracles that authenticate who Jesus is. There are so many cool encounters that Jesus has with so many

different kinds of people, and

as John writes as an eyewitness, his goal is to get you and me to believe in the one who is the

light of the world, so that you and I can have the same kind of light in life that he experienced.

We've been in Chapter 5 this week.

Jesus heals this man who had been sick and in mobile for 38 years, tells

him, pick up your sleeping mat and walk. And the guy, well, he does. He is instantly healed.

And as he's walking through the streets of Jerusalem, the religious leaders call a foul on

him for carrying his mat on a holy day. They cite him for quote unquote working on the Sabbath.

They chastise him asking, who told you? Who told you to pick up your mat and walk?

Well, he eventually identified the man as Jesus, and the religious leaders are not happy.

See, Jesus is a problem to their system. He seems to care more about people than keeping their inflated interpretation

of the law. We left off yesterday with Jesus addressing their anger by telling them that he was

simply doing the work of his father. Your father, are you claiming to be God? Well, Jesus basically says yes, as he humbly talks about

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