Create a 5 page essay paper that discusses An exegesis on John 5:1-9.Download file to see previous pages... ’ The man answered Jesus about what had happened all along, that other invalids who probab

Create a 5 page essay paper that discusses An exegesis on John 5:1-9.

’ The man answered Jesus about what had happened all along, that other invalids who probably were stronger than him would move faster and enter into the well before him and get healed while he continued ailing. This trend had continued for the past 38 years and thus the question must have seemed strange to the sick man (Bruce 67). Jesus continued and told the man rise, take up his mat and walk in spite of his protestations that he had no man to place him inside the pool when the water was troubled. As he obeyed the command of Jesus, the narrative continues, he was made whole, took up his bed and walked, and that the day was on a Sabbath. The narrative may look like an ordinary story of healing, but on closer examination, it has deep theological significance. The very first area of significance is the pool and its five porches, whereby number five in the Bible signifies Grace, the unmerited favor that God has extended unto mankind. It is through grace that the man was healed and not through his personal effort since he was very disadvantaged physically. Romans 5. 6 says that, “for when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." This condition of the invalid ably describes the condition of sinful man before salvation where he is spiritually helpless, blind and naked until Christ comes along. It is then that man recognizes he has been blind when Christ illumes his heart and realizes how near the answer was in Christ after much suffering (Gospel Chapel Ministries). The sick man’s hope lay into one day being the first to enter into the pool, since this was the way to receive healing. This was very disadvantageous to the man since he was sick and other invalids were probably stronger than him, coupled with the fact that he had suffered for long, and the sickness had taken its toll on him (Boomershine). He had logical reasoning when Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be made whole answering, ‘I have no man to put me into the pool’. He was just aware of human ability, but Jesus wanted to bring him into the realm of understanding about the power of God. The man would not understand at this time about grace, mercy, supernatural ability and etcetera, just as unregenerate man cannot. It cannot even be explained why Jesus chose him in the midst of others, to perform this great miracle in his life, just as difficult it is to understand about the Grace of God when one receives salvation where God reaches someone before others. Jesus also diverted from the norm where he did not help the man into the water, but told him to stand and walk, which the man did and was made whole and was also able to walk. Jesus gave the man more than physical healing, enabling him to move from an inactive state of 38 years to a new life of wholeness and significance just by obeying His word. This is what the word of God which is Jesus, does to all who stop seeking remedies from material things, their own strength and methods, and chose to seek God’s way (Bruce 87). While the man had hoped that his method would work one day, it was the answer or solution from Jesus that had real restorative capacity. He probably would have died without ever getting an answer if not for this visit by Jesus because his method was wrong.