Signs | Sign #3: Healing of the Invalid

In John 5, Jesus encounters a man who has been unable to walk for 38 years. He asks a question that seems like it should have an obvious answer: “Do you want to get well?” Upon closer inspection, perhaps it’s not so obvious. Like the man at the Pool of Bethesda who is paralyzed and unable to walk, we too have limitations–physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. Jesus asks us the same question: “Do you want to get well?"