John 5:1 - 24

"Do you want to be healed?"  What a question!  To a man that had been paralyzed for 38 years, this must have been a staggering question.  "Of course!" would be the natural response.  What might cause a person to answer "No, not really"?  Doubt, depression, fear of the unknown would all weigh heavy on the mind when contemplating this answer.  The man asked responded "I don't have anyone who can help" and that begins to give us an insight into his mind.  Perhaps he had given up hope.  He DID find healing, though, in the person of Jesus of Nazareth!  Jesus was involved in His work because it served the purposes of His Father - bringing the Father glory.