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1
In the multitude he lay there With a sickness many years; Impotent and lying helpless, Ever fraught with many fears. Waiting for the water’s moving, Waiting for the angel’s stir; Powerless to move, however, Helpless, hopeless, lying there.
DIn
the
D7
multitude
he
G
lay
Em
there
G♭mWith
a
Bm
sickness
many
Em-A7
years;
DImpo
D7
tent
and lying
Ghelp
E
less,
DEver
A7
fraught
with many
D
fears.
AWaiting
G♭7
for
the water's
Bmmov
D
ing,
GWaiting
G♭m
for
the
Bm
angel's
E7-A7
stir;
DPower
D7
less
to move,
how
Gev
E
er,
DHelpless,
A7
hopeless,
lying
D-G-D
there.
2
At this pool how clear the picture Of the hopeless case of all Who are seeking self-perfection To recover from the fall. Though the law is good and holy, Flesh, to keep the law, is dead; What we need is not religion, But the Word of life instead.
At this pool how clear the picture
Of the hopeless case of all
Who are seeking self-perfection
To recover from the fall.
Though the law is good and holy,
Flesh, to keep the law, is dead;
What we need is not religion,
But the Word of life instead.
DAt
this
D7
pool
how clear the
G Em
picture
G♭mOf
the
Bm
hopeless
case of
Em-A7
all
DWho
are
D7
seeking
G E
self-perfection
DTo
A7
recover
from the
D
fall.
AThough
the
G♭7
law
is good and
Bm D
holy,
GFlesh,
to
G♭m
keep
the
Bm
law,
is
E7-A7
dead;
DWhat
we
D7
need
is not
G E
religion,
DBut
the
A7
Word
of life
D-G-D
instead.
3
Though it’s feast day, he’s not happy, Though the Sabbath, there’s no rest; Lying in his poor condition, Miserable and sore depressed. At that moment Jesus saw him, Knowing he was thus so long. “Will you be made whole?” He asked him, “Healed and walking, well and strong?”
Though it's feast day, he's not happy,
Though the Sabbath, there's no rest;
Lying in his poor condition,
Miserable and sore depressed.
At that moment Jesus saw him,
Knowing he was thus so long.
"Will you be made whole?" He asked him,
"Healed and walking, well and strong?"
DThough
it's
D7
feast
day, he's not
G Em
happy,
G♭mThough
the
Bm
Sabbath,
there's no
Em-A7
rest;
DLying
D7
in
his poor
G E
condition,
D A7Miserable
and sore
D
depressed.
AAt
that
G♭7
moment
Jesus
Bm
saw
D
him,
GKnowing
G♭m
he
was
Bm
thus
so
E7-A7
long.
D"Will
you
D7
be
made whole?" He
G
asked
E
him,
D"Healed
and
A7
walking,
well and
D-G-D
strong?"
4
Though he told his hopeless story, Scarce believing what he’d heard, Yet, soon to his feet arising, He received the living word. This is all our situation, We—like him—were lying there In the sheep-fold of religion, Under law’s prevailing care.
Though he told his hopeless story,
Scarce believing what he'd heard,
Yet, soon to his feet arising,
He received the living word.
This is all our situation,
We—like him—were lying there
In the sheep-fold of religion,
Under law's prevailing care.
DThough
he
D7
told
his hopeless
G Em
story,
G♭mScarce
Bm
believing
what he'd
Em-A7
heard,
DYet,
soon
D7
to
his feet
G E
arising,
DHe
A7
received
the living
D
word.
AThis
is
G♭7
all
our
Bm
situation,
GWe—like
G♭m
him—were
Bm
lying
E7-A7
there
DIn
the
D7
sheep-fold
of
G E
religion,
DUnder
A7
law's
prevailing
D-G-D
care.
5
While we yet were weak and helpless, Christ the Son of God did come. By His word we’re now enlivened; He’s the life-imparting One! Hallelujah for this Jesus, He’s the Word of life to men; From law’s bondage He releases, Death is turned to life again!
I remember writing this hymn during the week-long study in Anaheim on the Gospel of John, I believe it was in 1985.
During that conference, I was so touched by the story of the invalid man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5:1-9, and how the story portrays the powerlessness of religion to heal us and give us life. "Though it's feast day, he's not happy, though the Sabbath, there's no rest; Lying in his poor condition, miserable and sore depressed."
But "At that moment, Jesus saw him, knowing he was thus so long. 'Will you be made whole?" He asked him, "Healed and walking, well and strong. '"
It's a powerful story of Christ as the life-imparting one versus the dead bondage of the law.
As I recall, I wrote this hymn during the conference itself. Yet, there is certain phrasing here in some spots that tells me Ned Nossaman edited my composition, which was our practice in those days. So, I would consider us co-authors. And Ned and I are still writing hymns together today, 40 years later.
Praise our precious Lord Jesus that through His incarnation He not only saved us from Satan, sin, and death but from the lifeless, hopeless, helpless, inadequacy of religion. It makes me want to sing! "What a wonderful Savior is Jesus our Savior!" (#986)
What a lovely, sweet, hymn! The story of our life. Jesus the Lord saw us, hopeless, helpless, we heard the word of life, we are forever new men in Christ!