6.7.2026 [달라스 영락장로교회] 주일설교 | 명치호 목사 | 무기력에서 능력있는 교회로. 요한복음 5장 5~6절 — 달라스영락장로교회 The Korean Young Nak Church of Dallas

Key Passage

John 5:5-6

5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”

Speaker

명치호 목사

Date

2026-06-07

Length

39 min

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Summary

In today's sermon, we will discuss our spiritual lethargy through the story of the sick man in John chapter 5. Jesus comes to us, asks about our desires, and fulfills what we cannot achieve on our own. Although we often find ourselves in physical and spiritual weakness, when we rely on the Lord, change and miracles can happen. Therefore, let us pray that our church will break free from lethargy and become a church where God's power is manifested.

Bible Verses

John 5:5-6 5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
John 5:5 5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
John 5 1. After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; 4. for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. 5. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7. The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.” 8. Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.” 9. Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. 10. So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.” 11. He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’” 12. Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’?” 13. But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place. 14. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” 15. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. 16. For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. 17. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” 18. For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19. Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. 20. For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. 22. For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23. that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him. 24. “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25. Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live. 26. For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 27. He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. 28. Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, 29. and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. 30. I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. 31. “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. 32. It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. 33. You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34. But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 35. He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37. The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38. You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent. 39. “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. 40. Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. 41. I don’t receive glory from men. 42. But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves. 43. I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44. How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45. “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me. 47. But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
John 2 1. The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. 2. Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the marriage. 3. When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.” 4. Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.” 5. His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.” 6. Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece. 7. Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” They filled them up to the brim. 8. He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast.” So they took it. 9. When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn’t know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom, 10. and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!” 11. This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 12. After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days. 13. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14. He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 15. He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew their tables. 16. To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17. His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.” 18. The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?” 19. Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20. The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?” 21. But he spoke of the temple of his body. 22. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. 23. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did. 24. But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them, because he knew everyone, 25. and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
1 Samuel 20:2 2. He said to him, “Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
Psalms 118 1. Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 2. Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. 3. Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. 4. Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. 5. Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. 6. Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 7. Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. 8. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. 9. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. 10. All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off. 11. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off. 12. They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off. 13. You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. 14. Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. 15. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. 16. The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!” 17. I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works. 18. Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. 20. This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. 21. I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. 22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. 23. This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. 24. This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! 25. Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. 26. Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house. 27. Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. 28. You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. 29. Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
1 Corinthians 6:20 20. for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Sermon Structure

Let's Transform from a Powerless Church to a Powerful Church

The Reality of Powerlessness
The Lord's Coming
The Healing Lord
The Necessity of Faith
The Transformation of the Church

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Amen. Today's scripture is John 5:5-6. I will read it. “There was a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, ‘Do you want to be healed?’” The passage we read today is from John 5, right? The Apostle John has a special meaning every time he writes about miracles. He doesn’t write about many miracles. Jesus performed many miracles when He came to this earth, right? However, the Apostle John does not write about many miracles because he assigns special meaning to those miracles. Each miracle has significance.

What is the first miracle we see? What is the first miracle mentioned in the early part of the Gospel of John? It is the miracle of turning water into wine, right? Yes. The meaning of that miracle is about lack. The wedding feast should be filled with joy, but there is no wine. Something is lacking. When we live our faith, that miracle is what we need to hear. If there are areas in our lives where we are lacking, whether spiritually or physically, our Lord Jesus comes to fill those gaps, even if it means performing a miracle, as stated in John 2. This is the message of the first miracle in the Gospel of John.

Now, the second miracle is being discussed. The Apostle John talks about the second miracle in relation to powerlessness. It is about powerlessness. There is something that needs to be done, but there is no strength to do it. It is impossible. Right in front of him is the pool of Bethesda. He just needs to get in, but he is powerless. He cannot even speak for himself. He is a paralyzed man. Even though it is right next to him, he cannot go. This illustrates physical powerlessness accurately. He cannot go even though it is right next to him. This also speaks of spiritual powerlessness. God tells us, “Hey, you need to do this. Isn’t this something you should do?” but we cannot do it. That is powerlessness.

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