Introduction
The Trinity of God created us on this earth for His pleasure and to receive glory and honor from us (Revelation 4:11). He has “predestined us for divine adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will” (Ephesians 1:5). We can overcome the world and its things by believing that the Lord Jesus is the begotten Son of God the Father, and by being born again through water and His blood and the Holy Spirit, and by following His commandments (1 John 5:1-8). As followers of the beloved Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, we must remember that through His blood, we are cleansed from all sin. He is faithful to forgive us, and we are called to walk in the light and be examples for others (1 John 1:5-10). Throughout our lives, we must be aware of the sin against the Trinity of God, and as believers, we must not sin against the Trinity of God until the last breath of our lives on earth, so all will be well with our flesh and soul. We will explore the concept of “sin no more” by examining John 5:1-15, which narrates the healing of a weak man at the Bethesda pool by the Lord Jesus on a Sabbath day.
Comments on John 5:12-15
In John 5, the Jewish leaders accuse the Lord Jesus of breaking the Sabbath. In response, the Lord Jesus declares that He is the Son of God, affirming His Oneness with the Father and His commitment to carrying out the Father’s will. In verses 1-15, the Lord Jesus demonstrates that He came to earth to reveal the Father’s mercy to humanity. The name Bethesda means “house of mercy,” and it is here that He encounters a long-ignored man in need. Despite his difficult circumstances, this man does not lose hope. The Lord Jesus saw his heart of faith and full of hope, which drew the beloved Son of God’s attention to heal him. To emphasize the main point of this blog, we will focus on the last four verses of this passage.
John 5:12 Then they questioned him, Who is the Man having said to you, Take up your mat and walk?
13 Now he that was healed did not know who it is, for Jesus withdrew; a crowd being in the place.
We can notice that the beloved Son of God did not come on earth to be famous for doing good to someone but came to show mercy to the needy. By moving away from the person, He had shown that the real purpose of healing this person was to show mercy to the unwanted people.
14 After these, Jesus finds him in the temple and says to him, Look, you have become whole; sin no more, that not something worse to you happens.
“Sin no more.” This command, “sin no more,” given by the Lord, refers to sin against the Trinity of God. When the beloved Son of God met him in the temple, He also told the man that his sickness was not from cursing, but it could re-occur again if he did not keep himself clean, which is why he gave the warning “sin no more.” All readers afterward should think as well about what this warning would be for themselves. In the past, when bad things happened, people thought that someone had cursed someone to get sick. However, the cursing of humans has no power. The sickness in the body often appears due to sin, whether it is the result of sinful actions or sin in the heart.
In this verse, in this case, both the soul and physical will suffer if this person has disobeyed the commandment because this commandment has been given straight from the mouth of the beloved Son of God Himself.
If a person is a true believer, this commandment applies directly as for this person here in this verse with the same warnings. True believers will not commit the blasphemy sin against the Trinity of God; if that person is a true believer, this commandment needs to be followed until the last minute of life on earth. When the Lord speaks into the heart of a person about a sin is the same as He spoke to this man.
15 The man went away and announced to the Jews that it is Jesus who made him healthy.
Most people do think that the man’s action is wrong, but no one understands the situation at that time; he lived in fear all his life; when he got well, all he wanted was to tell who had helped him to get well; he did this with his heart full of appreciation for the action the beloved Son of God has shown to him. The mercy he has received made him want to tell everyone about the One who had that mercy for a man like him.
“It is Jesus.” When the beloved Son of God met him in the temple, it was when the man realized who had helped him to be well. The intention of telling people who helped him had moved him in his heart that he should go and tell the leaders as well, who was the Man that enabled him to be healthy, and they all can recognize the mercy and love of this Man that helped him, and also, he realized now that it was not the pool’s power that healed him, but the Lord Jesus’ authority healed him.
As followers of the Lord Jesus, we may wonder how His healing and the command to “sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you” apply to us as Christians today. First, it is necessary for all readers to engage with the Word of God, paying careful attention to all the commandments and not taking the commands of the beloved Son of God lightly. When people sin, they think that nothing wrong happens to them, but they forget about their souls and that sin will condemn their own souls to suffer; not that someone else harms them, but their own action and mind lead their own souls in torment; and in this world itself, the person who commits sin cannot find the deep peace of the mind, until they come and admit to the Lord, and ask forgiveness by the help of the beloved Son of God. Therefore, all Christians should learn this verse and keep it in their hearts. This commandment here is a commandment of the beloved Son of God, straight to all humans, not just to this person or in the past alone, but in the future until the judgment day comes.
Conclusions
In conclusion, we all must know that the Trinity of God speaks in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. And when the Lord speaks into the heart of a person about sin, it is the same as He spoke to this man in John 5:14, saying to us, “sin no more.” Therefore, we all must be attentive to the voice on the Holy Spirit in our hearts; whenever we sin against the Trinity of God, He will speak to us and condemn our hearts, and we must confess and ask forgiveness in the name of the Lord Jesus (1 John 3:20-21, Romans 14:23). Only by the name of the Lord Jesus and by His sacrifice on the cross and His blood can we be forgiven of our sins. As believers, we should continually seek the Lord’s guidance and ask Him to examine our hearts through the Holy Spirit, helping us to identify any uncleanness so that we may repent and seek forgiveness in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Psalm 139:23-24).
Meditation Tasks
- We invite all readers to explore our article, “Guidance for the New Birth of a Believer in the Lord Jesus.”
- If you are reading this blog and are not a believer yet, please read our article, “Make Peace with God the Father through His Holy Son Jesus Christ.”