When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?
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… there. That's how personal God is. One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, do you want to get well uh-oh the way you answer this question is gonna mark your life from this moment forward i dare somebody to shout i want it lord yeah i want it lord i i want to get better i want to grow out of this i want these chains to break i want to be set free i want to move forward i want this bitterness gone somebody shout i want it but but the invalid replied verse 7 sir i have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred while i'm trying to get in someone else goes down ahead of me in other words he's got excuses but verse 8 is really the power of the passage then jesus said to him get up Mm-hmm. …
… he wants to feed the crowd through you, the math won't matter. You can have been stuck in something 38 years at the pool of Bethesda, John chapter 5, verses 1 through 7. Everybody around you might be quicker than you, and you might feel like, I just can't win. I just can't get there. When the water is stirred, I have no one to help me. But when Jesus shows up, if he wants to heal what's hurting in you, it doesn't matter how many people are in front of you that are faster than you. If it's God's battle. High five your neighbor and say, the math don't matter. Bad grammar, good preaching. The math don't matter. Don't care how long it was like that. One moment in his presence, one moment of his favor, one moment of his holy fire can burn away all the dross because I'm coming out of this because the math… Do you hear what I'm saying to you? The prophet said, do not be afraid of them for those with us are more than those with them. …
… Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity 38 years. And when Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already 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 the water is stirred up. But while I am coming, another steps down before me. Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. And the Jews therefore said to him who was cured, It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry your bed. He answered them, He who made me well said to me, Take up your bed and walk. Then they asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up your bed and walk? The one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. …