John 5:11

But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’”

In John 5, Jesus heals a lame man and commands him to take his pallet up and walk. The Pharisees had a problem with this because it broke their traditions about the Sabbath day. When the lame man was confronted by them about this, he had a simple reply. Jesus was the one who healed him. That meant that Jesus had the power of God. If Jesus has that power, then it seemed to be a necessary conclusion that he had the authority to tell him what to do.

Today, people may question what the Lord commands us to do. It does not sit well with their preconceived ideas of what the world should be like. They think that God’s rules are all wrong. So they may try to entice us or even condemn us for obeying what the Lord says. In fact, this is what the world does many times. It takes the practices that Jesus has given us to obey and tries do condemn them. It will ridicule and humiliate those who follow them.

As Christians, we need to be prepared for any such attacks. In order to do that, we need to follow the example of the healed lame man. We need to see the power of Jesus. We can see it through the gospel accounts, all of the miracles that He preformed. We can also see it in our own lives. The fact that He has the power to save and heal our souls should tell us all we need to know about His authority. As the lame man, it is not our place to question the commandments that Jesus as laid out. We just simply say that the One who healed us told us to do it, and we will obey what He says.

But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’”