John 5:14-18

Jesus is equal with God -- John 5:14-18: After Jesus healed the man He went into the Temple and found the man. He told him, "You are now well. But do not sin anymore or something worse might happen to you." Jesus taught this man a forceful lesson about sin. A physical disease had come upon this man. Sin would bring upon him something far worse. There was no comparison between being lame for 38 years and spending eternity in hell. Likely the man did not have any ill intent but he told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. He possibly just wanted to give Jesus the credit for his healing. It was an astonishing miracle. The Jews sought to kill Jesus because (1) He had done the miracle on the Sabbath Day, and (2) Because He said "God was his Father, making himself equal with God." The Jews knew they were fake and they had to admit that Jesus was real. This irritated these hypocrites to no end. Even though these Jews were not doing right they were angry that Jesus had taken upon Himself the authority to tell someone carry his bed on the Sabbath. They had heard the message of Jesus and saw His miracle that proves Him to be the Messiah yet they refused the truth. Instead of obedience their response was to try to kill Jesus. Here Jesus faced the Jews saying, "My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working." (John 5:17) Jesus claimed Divinity and proved it by His message and miracles. How could these Jews so heartlessly reject Him?