NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED (6 OF 31)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Matthew 11:11, John 5:1-18
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (6 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
Matthew 11:11, John 5:1-18
We’re in a series titled ‘‘The Gospel of John.’’ We’re looking at the story of Jesus as told by Jesus’ closest friend and associate, the apostle John. It was said of John that he was the disciple ‘‘whom Jesus loved.’’ That doesn’t mean He didn’t love the other people in His life, but there was a special connection they had. So John puts pen to paper to tell the story of his Friend, his Teacher, even more, his Savior. He was not writing to a certain group of people as the other Gospel writers did. He wasn’t writing to the Jews, the Greeks, or the Romans. He wrote so the world might know Jesus and believe (1 John 5:13). Therefore, each story he tells is designed to reinforce in the hearts and minds of the hearers that they would do themselves eternal good by believing and trusting in this Jesus Who had come to change people from the inside out.
In this text, John 5, he comes to a situation when Jesus is going to do something awesome. Once again, He’s going to knock the socks off a person who is struggling in life. He just did it with the official’s son and their family, and they believed. Now what Jesus is about to do is something that should have made Him Jerusalem’s ‘‘Citizen of the Year.’’ He’s about to heal a man who had been paralyzed for 38 years. What we’re going to learn in these verses today is that in response to doing good, Jesus only receives anger, resentment, and bitterness. This is the sort of situation my grandma used to describe like this: ‘‘No good deed goes unpunished.’’ If you’ve been in the world for any amount of time, you may have heard that saying before. The idea is that you can do something helpful, only to have something bad come back on you. Maybe you’ve helped someone in need, only to have that person or someone around them question you, or worse, get angry with you.
Not long ago, I heard a news story that took my brea ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tim Badal
Matthew 11:11, John 5:1-18
We’re in a series titled ‘‘The Gospel of John.’’ We’re looking at the story of Jesus as told by Jesus’ closest friend and associate, the apostle John. It was said of John that he was the disciple ‘‘whom Jesus loved.’’ That doesn’t mean He didn’t love the other people in His life, but there was a special connection they had. So John puts pen to paper to tell the story of his Friend, his Teacher, even more, his Savior. He was not writing to a certain group of people as the other Gospel writers did. He wasn’t writing to the Jews, the Greeks, or the Romans. He wrote so the world might know Jesus and believe (1 John 5:13). Therefore, each story he tells is designed to reinforce in the hearts and minds of the hearers that they would do themselves eternal good by believing and trusting in this Jesus Who had come to change people from the inside out.
In this text, John 5, he comes to a situation when Jesus is going to do something awesome. Once again, He’s going to knock the socks off a person who is struggling in life. He just did it with the official’s son and their family, and they believed. Now what Jesus is about to do is something that should have made Him Jerusalem’s ‘‘Citizen of the Year.’’ He’s about to heal a man who had been paralyzed for 38 years. What we’re going to learn in these verses today is that in response to doing good, Jesus only receives anger, resentment, and bitterness. This is the sort of situation my grandma used to describe like this: ‘‘No good deed goes unpunished.’’ If you’ve been in the world for any amount of time, you may have heard that saying before. The idea is that you can do something helpful, only to have something bad come back on you. Maybe you’ve helped someone in need, only to have that person or someone around them question you, or worse, get angry with you.
Not long ago, I heard a news story that took my brea ...
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