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Friday, March 07, 2014

In Jhn 5:1-9, at the pool of Bethesda, multitudes were at the pool waiting for an angel to come and trouble the water so that the one who got inside first got the healing.  In this passage, only two people were healed.  Jesus healed the lame man and went away.  The multitude went home the way they came.  Why didn't Jesus heal more????

Sincerely,
Medicine For All

Dear Medicine For All,

Two things that should help answer your question:

1. We don’t know how many people Jesus healed.   The gospel of John tells us that not every miracle of Christ was recorded in the Bible, only the ones pertinent to our belief in Him (Jhn 21:25).  Jesus may very well have healed more people there at the pool of Bethesda, but the only healing recorded was the healing of the lame man.
2. Jesus didn’t heal everyone because His job wasn’t to heal every sick person on the planet.  Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Lk 19:10).  Jesus sometimes refused to care for physical needs when He didn’t think it would further the Gospel (like in the case of the people who followed Him because He could create food from thin air – Jhn 6:26-27).  The miracles Jesus performed testified of His goodness (Acts 10:38) and were a witness to His preaching (Jhn 14:10-11, Acts 2:22).  It wasn’t about healing every sick person; it was about making sure everyone knew that He was the Son of God.

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