Do you want to get well?

     One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight
     years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that
     he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked
     him, "Do you want to get well?"
     ~ John 5:5-6

Jesus asked a man who had been an invalid for 38 years if he wanted to be well. He asks you the same thing:
Do you want to be well? Do you want to be free of sin? Do you want to be well in your soul?

     “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me
     into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am
     trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
     Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and
     walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat
     and walked.
     ~ John 5:7-9

The invalid wanted to be well, but he thought he needed someone to help him. The man thought his sick condition defined him. Jesus told him the truth: he could leave his sickness behind and be cured.
You don't need someone to make you well; Jesus already has! You are not defined by your sinful condition. Leave it behind and be free!




Read John 5