Jesus - The Healing God

This chapter is a turning point in the book of John. John chapter five includes perhaps the strongest statement to the deity of Christ in the entire Bible. There can be no doubt, based upon this chapter, that Jesus equated himself with God. He identified with God the Father in his nature, power and authority. The chapter opens with him healing a man at the pool at Bethesda. The healing took place on the Sabbath day, causing the Jews to seek to kill Jesus. He then tells them that He is the Son of God, and that this has been shown through four witnesses – John the Baptist, Jesus’ works, God the Father, and the Scriptures. Ultimately he shows them that Moses, who they followed will judge them for rejecting Christ. Jesus wants to heal lives, but we must let him. (John 5:1-47)