A Sabbath Healing

In John 5.1-18, Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath who has been incapacitated by illness. By doing this on a Sabbath, Jesus claims to be God. This is because as far as the Jews were concerned working on the Sabbath is God's prerogative. The man who is healed by Jesus responds to this amazing miracle on the Sabbath with apathy. The Jewish authorities respond to Jesus with outrage, his actions are blasphemous. Vijay asks the question: how do we who confess Jesus to be Lord respond to his claims. At least those who respond with hostility understand how remarkable the Lordship of Christ really is. He challenges us to respond to the claim that Jesus is Lord with lives that correspond with the confession