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“For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’
Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’
The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when water is stirred up ; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’ ” John 5:4-7
The man had waited to “get well” thirty-eight years. This was the day that would end his agonizing wait. Jesus asks him simply. “Do you want to be made well?” and we may wonder why He would ask such a thing.
There may have been some at the Pool who didn’t want to be made well . With sickness and infirmity came the handing over of their lives to others who, in pity, supported them and it had been some time since they had taken responsibility for their own lives.
But this man did want to be made well and is quick to tell Jesus why he had failed in this bid for health over the years. His inability on his own to get to the healing stream made it unattainable. He couldn’t get to the healing so the Healer came to him. That is amazing grace.
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