Steps to Spiritual Wellness

Light in the Darkness

Part 5 – Steps to Spiritual Wellness

John 5

6 …“Do you want to get well?” John 5:6.

Five Steps to Spiritual Wellness

Step 1 – for your spiritual wellness.

7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” John 5:7

Step 2 – Believe that Jesus about you and what you are .

8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” John 5:8

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

    and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

Step 3 – Know that faith in anything other than Jesus is and will leave you .

9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. John 5:9

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” 12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. John 5:9b-13

Step 4 – Flee from the that can lead to devastating .

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” John 5:14

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8.

16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16

9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 1 John 3:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9.

Step 5 – Surrender your life to Jesus as !

15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. John 5:15-16

Jesus’ Five Claims to Equality with God

1. He is equal with God in His . 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” John 5:17
2. He is equal with God in His . 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19
3. He is equal with God in His and sovereignty. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. John 5:21
4. He is equal with God in His . 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, John 5:22
5. He is equal with God in His . 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. John 5:23

Five Steps to Spiritually Wellness

Step 1 – Take responsibility for your spiritual wellness.

Step 2 – Believe that Jesus cares deeply about you and what you are going through.

Step 3 – Know that faith in anything other than Jesus is misplaced and will leave you unfulfilled.

Step 4 – Flee from the sin that can lead to devastating consequences.

Step 5 – Surrender your life to Jesus as Savior and Lord!