Helplessness

Jesus' triumph over creature personality isolation, and his unity with the Father, offers believers deliverance from helplessness and fear. 184:4.6

Fortune's feelings of helplessness were transformed by Jesus into faith, courage, and devoted service to humanity, leading him to become a leader among Christians in Crete. 130:6

The man at the pool of Bethesda was a victim of his own helplessness, but when he finally took up his bed and walked, he found freedom. 147:3.5

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Jesus and Father are one 184:4.6 — Jn 1:1; Jn 5:17-18; Jn 10:30,38; Jn 12:44-45; Jn 14:7-11,20; Jn 17:11,21-22.
• Becoming one with Jesus 184:4.6 — Jn 17:11,21-22.
• Pick up bed and walk 147:3.5 — Jn 5:5-9.