The Man Sitting by the Pool of Bethesda Healed in John 5

Healing in the Ministry of Jesus #15

In John 5, Jesus healed the man sitting by the pool of Bethesda. This man was part of a group of people all sitting around waiting for healing. This study contrasts those who sit waiting and those who press through the crowd to receive and examines different mentalities.

Should we have a waiting mentality like the man by the pool of Bethesda in John 5? 

This is part of a series on healing in the Gospels. The first videos in the series looked at the people who went to Jesus and we are now looking at the people Jesus approached, as He was led by the Spirit to minister to them. 

Video and audio below.

John 5 – The Man Sitting by the Pool

Audio: Sitting by the Pool Waiting – John 5

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Other Studies in this Series

Healing in the Ministry of Jesus #1

Mark 9 – the Boy with the Mute Spirit #2

Can My Faith Get Others Healed? #3

Getting God to Move in Desperate Situations #4

The Leper – Matthew 8 #5

When it’s Hard to Get Healing #6

Confidence in the Power of God #8

How to Approach God #9

When Everything Goes Wrong #10

How to Act on Your Faith #11

How to have Great Faith #12

Faith Works (Matthew 15) #13

Healed by the Anointing #14

The Man by the Pool in John 5 #15

I encourage you to work your way through this entire series, especially if you need healing.

Mark 5: Confidence in the Power of God to heal


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John 5 The Man Sitting by the Pool

In this series on the Gospel cases of healing, we have seen that some people approached Jesus and others were approached by Jesus. Different principles apply in each instance. 

Jesus went to the man in John 5 who was sitting by the pool waiting for God to move in his life. This waiting mentality is hindering many. Are we supposed to be like the people in John 5 who were waiting or does the Bible teach us to press in toward God for healing?

I encourage you to study this whole series to get a clear picture of how healing works because each teaching gives insight into different aspects of receiving. 

Healing in the Gospels

God gave us the examples of people receiving from Jesus to help us. These examples give details because God wants us to learn the truths for our own lives.

No single example teaches everything about healing. Instead, they work together to give us a clear picture. Each example in the Gospels emphasises different aspects of healing. To get a complete understanding, its good to look at all the cases to see what God highlights 

In John 5, we see a particular mentality toward receiving. Hwoever, only one man by this pool was healed, while the others who were waiting did not. There’s a better way taught in scripture. 


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