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Jesus healed people who were born blind, paralyzed, had leprosy, and people possessed by demons! Do you need Jesus' healing in your life?
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Scripture References:
https://biblehub.com/john/5-6.htm
https://biblehub.com/luke/18-42.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/14-14.htm

Video Text:
Jesus Heals! Isn’t he incredible? Jesus healed people who were blind, paralyzed, had leprosy, and people possessed by demons! Yes, Jesus Heals! Do you need Jesus’ healing in your life? Before you answer, let’s think for just a moment, and ask an even more powerful question that Jesus himself asked, and it’s a question that will help us get what we truly want.

Now, it might seem a little odd to ask this question of someone who is really hurting, but before he healed the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda, Jesus asked, “Do you want to get well?” (John 5:6). Why in the world did Jesus ask this? Doesn’t everyone want to be healed? And how can we harness the power of that question right now, in our prayers and lives today?

Let’s go deeper with a brief story of an 18-year-old who played in a summer hockey league. The young man raced up the rink with the puck on a breakaway when suddenly, out of nowhere, he dropped to the ice, screaming in pain. A half hour later, he was carried out of the building on a stretcher, as his back continued to spasm uncontrollably.

One doctor recommended surgery while another prescribed addictive, muscle relaxing drugs. Instead, the young man strapped a heating pad to his back and sewed an extension cord to his pants so he could plug it in everywhere he went for the next four months.

Along with regular stretching, he regained strength in his back, and that fall, played the entire hockey season on the high school varsity team. The bottom line: he wanted to get well and was willing to put the work and time into healing.

In the same way, there are so many people who have overcome giant problems, including terminal cancer, head trauma, being wrongly imprisoned, being raped, losing everything and more. Their troubles were life altering and felt like mountains. But these folks were determined to find answers. They didn’t just read about solutions, they studied. They asked serious questions and sought advice from experts and anyone with an idea to help. They changed their diets, made goal posters, put pictures on their bathroom mirrors, wrote themselves letters of encouragement, learned new exercises, learned to forgive, and prayed constantly for courage and strength. They committed themselves to finding solutions even though there was absolutely no guarantee of a positive outcome, all because they wanted desperately to get well.

So, with all these positive examples of people who truly want to heal, why would Jesus ask the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda such a seemingly ridiculous question? “Do you want to get well?” (John 5:6)

Let’s consider that the Bible text very specifically says the man had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. Most likely, he had a routine of being carried to his spot next to the pool where he sat on his mat. Local people undoubtedly fed and cared for him, and I’ll bet whenever “the crippled man” was mentioned, everyone knew who was being talked about. With all this in mind, could it be possible that he enjoyed being cared for? Maybe he liked it that people felt sorry for him – or somehow enjoyed the notoriety of being well known, even if it was out of pity....

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