The Man at the
Pool in Bethesda
The man at the
pool in Bethesda is a case in point. He had and gave excuses as to why he could
not be healed rather than ask for healing. That was why in spite of his
excuses, Jesus commanded him to rise from the mental inertia and inaction of
impossibilities – ‘I have no one
to help me to mental action of you can, I can’t to act healed
and restored to the community of able bodied men – take up your bed and walk.
As soon as his mental faculties (the soul realm) received healing, his physical
body also received healing and the man who was physically incapacitated for
thirty eight years and could not jump into the pool when the angel came to stir
the waters of the pool rose up, picked up his bed and walked home. What a
miraculous transformation from mental and physical incapacitation to mental and
physical capacitating. God is good and worthy to be praised.
Jesus Christ
employed different healing methodologies. He healed the blind man of Bethsaida
using a different methodology. Jesus led the blind man out of town away from what
was causing the blindness and spat on his eyes, then placed his hands on the
eyes. This is particularly important especially when blindness is not physical.
A change of environment is sometimes required to restore vision. Jesus asked the man if he saw anything. The
man replied that he saw men like trees, walking. Now trees do not walk. So if a
person’s vision is blurred to the point of
seeing men like trees but those same men that look like tress are walking, then
there is a huge problem as he would always equate men to trees and since trees
do not walk, confusion would set in. Jesus then placed his hands on the man’s
eyes a second time and made him look up to the source of sight, vision and
direction in life. The Bible records in Mark Chapter 8 verses 25 that the man’s
vision was restored and he could see everyone clearly.
Fear, worry,
anxiety and low self esteem are disease inducing. They may limit a victim from
walking in divine health as fear, worry and anxiety induce diseases such as
hypertension, depression which if not well managed can deteriorate to renal
failure, stroke, heart diseases and insanity. Please, see Isaiah Chapter 43
verses 1 to 4. The fire, waters and rivers represent the challenges of life
that could frighten a person and make the person afraid, worry and anxious. But
God cautions against such fear, worry and anxiety in His word. The Bible
records three hundred and sixty five instances of fear not, which if eaten
daily should drive away any fear designed to cause worry and anxiety. Other
negative emotions that induce diseases include anger, greed, hatred,
unforgiveness, bitterness, jealousy and envy
One of the most
self destructive behaviors anyone can put up is to deny the Lordship of the
Lord Jesus Christ over his or her life in addition to trampling on the complete
salvation package of faith in Jesus Christ. Apart from robbing a person of the
many benefits of salvation, it also denies a person entrance into Christ’s
eternity.
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