“Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?”

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“Wilt Thou Be Made Whole”

John 5:2-3: “Now there is at Jerusalem by

the sheep market a pool, which is called in

the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five

porches. In these lay a great multitude of

impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,

waiting for the moving of the water.”

Impotent folk... Impotent: 1.lacking power

or ability; 2.lacking force of effectiveness

(Webster’s Dictionary). Without Christ in

your life in a real way, you're impotent.

When anything comes up in your life that

you can't deal with through your natural

means, you realize you are impotent.

You're powerless. You have no other re-

source outside of yourself or your family

and friends... You're limited, but Jesus is

omnipotent and as Paul wrote, “I can do

all things through Christ which strength-

eneth me” (Philippians 4:13).

Blind, halt, withered... sin leaves you in a

messed up condition. Sin ruins lives and

marriages and destroys homes, communi-

ties, towns, cities, states, and countries. In

fact and in truth, the entire world is in

peril because of sin.

Sin of itself is destructive. That's why God

forbids it. He knows the effect it will have

on you, on your life, on your relationship

with your spouse, your children, your sib-

lings, your friends, your co-workers, and

whoever you come in contact with... sin is

a destructive force..

It will cause you to be blind to the good-

ness of God, to the needs of others, to your

own circumstances; it will cause you to be

halt, in other words lame, unable to do

what is needed to change your own life,

not able to follow where Jesus is leading

you; it will cause you to be withered, you

won’t be able to withstand the trials and

stresses of life, you’ll come up short under

the intensity of difficult situations.

John 5:4-6 “For an angel went down at a

certain season into the pool, and troubled

the water: whosoever then first after the

troubling of the water stepped in was

made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

And a certain man was there, which had

an infirmity thirty and eight years. 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?’”

“Wilt thou be made whole?” Are you tired

of your condition? Are you tired of that life

of sin that's making you miserable? Are

you tired of hurting? Are you ready to do

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what it takes to get your life straightened

out in a real way?

John 5:6-7 “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? The impotent man an-

swered him, Sir, I have no man, when the

water is troubled, to put me into the pool:

but while I am coming, another steppeth

down before me.”

“Another steppeth down before me.” The

impotent man began to make excuses. He

began to say why he couldn't get healed. I

got this problem, I got that situation going

on... I'm involved in this, I'm caught up

in that, I'm a part of this group or that or-

ganization. I'm just going to wait until

next time and maybe somehow I'll have a

better opportunity. Next time I get to

church, next time I get to the doctor, next

time during counseling, next time I go to

the spa, next time...

John 5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take

up thy bed, and walk.

Get up, and walk... He didn't ask the man

to do back flips or a handstand, just to

walk, take it one step

at a time. The first step is to realize that

this is your opportunity; the first step is to

realize that this is better than being put in

the pool, this is better than 1000 counsel-

ing sessions, better than being operated

on by the world's best physician, better

than being given a wonder drug, better

than sitting in a church having someone

lie to you and tell you to just do the best

you can and God will understand, you can

be made whole! This is your chance, this

is what your soul is crying out for... this is

what you need, this is your chance to get

the help you need for your soul!

The next step is to make a move... rise...

bring your burdens to an altar of prayer

(wherever you get into the presence of

God at). Is anyone sick of sin? Is anyone

sick of living in sin, sick of doing the same

thing over and over and getting the same

results? You can get off the merry go

round of sin!