NO doubt you have read in John 5:2-15 of the pool of Bethea where many impotent folk went to be healed. An angel went down at a certain season and troubled the water, and whoever went in first after the troubling of the water was cured of whatever disease he had.
A man who had been sick for thirty-eight years was at the pool, but he had no friend to put him in the water, and lay helpless while others stepped down before him. Can we not imagine his despair as he saw others come from the water cured, and he must continue to lie there?
But Jesus was there, the One who was able to meet his need. Jesus said, “Rise, take up thy bed and walk.”
Although the Lord Jesus is no longer going about on earth healing as He did then, He is ever waiting to take care of a need that is greater than curing a sick or crippled body. We are sinners, and cannot go to heaven unless our sins are forgiven. We are just as helpless as the poor impotent man.
Have you felt your load of sins and your need of a Saviour? Jesus is able, He is willing and ready to save you. He is the Saviour for those who cannot save themselves. He says, “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:37.
“WHEN WE WERE YET WITHOUT STRENGTH, IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.” Rom. 5:6.
May you praise and thank Him for having come to be your Saviour, and having earned salvation for you at such a cost as the giving up of His life in your place.
ML-06/30/1935