Topic: Jesus and the sick

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Why did Jesus heal only one man at the pool of Bethesda?

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In Saint John the 5th chapter, perhaps you’re acquainted with it, the Scripture, Jesus passed through this famous pool of Bethesda. He find many crippled people there, blind, halt, lame, waiting for the moving of the water. It was strange that He just ministered to one, but if you’ll notice, He knew...

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Why did Jesus walk past a crowd of sick people and heal only the man who had been afflicted thirty-eight years?

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The woman with the water-head baby, the twisted, the blind, the lame, the halt, and He went right through every one of them and never said one thing to any of them, went over there to a man laying on a pallet that had prostate trouble, or something like that, or…?…He’d had it thirty-eight years; it...

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Did Jesus claim to be a healer?

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Now, if anyone knows (See?), anyone here at all knows that I…So if there be a stranger for your first night. I do not say that I am a Divine healer, friend. I’m a minister of the Gospel. See? I’m your brother. Just like any other minister only I’m not talented enough to maybe to get a Doctor’s degre...

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Why did Jesus pass by the crippled people at the pool of Bethesda and heal only one man?

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Now, look at Saint John 5:19. Saint John 5, Jesus passed through the pool of Bethesda, where all those crippled, and twisted, and withered people were laying. He passed by every one of them, full of love and compassion for them, yet passed right by them healed a man laying on a pallet, had a retarde...

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What did the man born blind do to receive his sight?

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What a marvelous occasion. A man born blind, Jesus opened his eyes. And then the people didn’t believe, it and they was questioning him, what he did about it. He only did what Jesus told him to do. And if any person will do what Jesus tells them to do, he will receive just what you have need of, if...

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What could the Lord do for a sick person if He were standing here?

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Now, if our Lord was here I…You perhaps are a sick person. I—I do not know. I can’t tell you that. But if you was a sick person and our Lord was standing here…Now, He…What could He do for you? Nothing but just talk to you. He might lay His hand upon you. Or He would—He would be empowered with a visi...

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Did every healing in Jesus' ministry come through a vision?

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Now, there’s many people healed. Some blind men one time, run after Him through the street. And they come into the house, and He didn’t pay any attention to them. Then He touched their eyes saying, “According to (What?) your faith, be it unto you,” no vision. A woman touched the hem of His garment;...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man at the pool of Bethesda when so many sick were lying there?

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Let this soak in real deep now, so you get it outside too. Listen. Jesus Christ said, “I can do nothing except My Father shows Me first what to do.” Jesus saw visions. How many believes that say “Amen.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Now look, at the pool of Bethesda He went through all the crippl...

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What kind of illness did the man healed at the pool of Bethesda have?

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And in Saint John 5:19, when He passed by a pool of Bethesda, and there laid a great multitude of crippled, impotent folks, and He went through that crowd of people, and healed a man over there which was laying on a pallet, that we would call it today a little pallet laying on the floor, maybe somet...

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Why did Jesus pass by the multitude at the pool of Bethesda and heal only one man?

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You say why don’t I heal that little girl? If it was me, I would. See? Why’d He leave…Why’d He pass by that little spastic child, and those crippled, and lame, and halt, there at the pool of Bethesda, and moved right on by them, passed up, many of them standing there, the Bible said halt, lame, blin...

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Was it a miracle when the son Jesus said would live only began to amend the next day?

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Did you notice, Jesus here? When he said, “Thy son liveth.” Well, that was one day, and the next day he was going down and his son had begin to amend. He said, “This is the second miracle that Jesus did.” Seemingly we wouldn’t call that a miracle. But it was a miracle, because anything that’s out of...

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Could Jesus do any more for the sick if He were physically present in the meeting?

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Are you in love with Jesus? Isn’t He wonderful? Now, if He was standing right here tonight, wearing my suit, He could do no more for you, than what He’s doing right now for you. He could know what was wrong; He could tell you what was wrong, but He’d say, “The Son can do nothing except the Father sh...

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Why did Jesus heal a man with a thirty-eight-year infirmity but not the withered and afflicted?

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Instead of that, going to a man that was just sick, and had lived an ordinary life with an infirmity for thirty-eight years. That looks strange, doesn’t it? You couldn’t hardly understand that. Now, I want you to remember that word, “couldn’t understand it…” if the Scriptures didn’t declare it later...

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Did Jesus claim to be a Divine healer?

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Now, for the…a few nights, we have been trying to have meetings where we just call the people up and pray for them, like the other brethren do. That is not exactly the—the—the gift that God gave me to do. He wanted me to pray for them. But these signs and wonders was to be committed to the people, t...

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What is the 'virtue' that went out of Jesus when the woman touched His garment?

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Jesus, a woman touched His garment. Those people have faith who come here. And she touched His garment, and He said, “I perceive that virtue…” Well, what is virtue? Virtue is your strength. Is that right? Strength went from Him. Once I didn’t know what it was. Someone was trying to tell me. I said,...

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Why did Jesus spit on mud and put it on a man's eyes?

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Jesus went and spit on some mud and made a little cake and put it on a man’s eyes. He didn’t have to do that. Do you believe that? He…?…another man’s ears and spit and touched His tongue. And He had…He didn’t have to do that. It was for some symbol. Is that right? Naaman was suppose to dip seven tim...

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Did Jesus ever claim to be a Divine Healer?

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Now, this is the…And do you know Jesus our Master never claimed to be a Divine Healer? Did you know that? Now, watch what Jesus said…Now, we’re just going to…Now, if some of you might go away and say, “Well, I don’t know what kind of—that is or what it is.” Jesus said, “Verily, verily I say unto you...

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Why did the blind man receive his sight when Jesus put spit and mud on his eyes?

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And He’s here tonight just as He was in the days when He stood by Sarah there, and was perceiving her thoughts. Does He…?…? Don’t…When He brought Nathanael to the Son of Man, “I knew you before Philip called you. When you was under the tree, I knew you.” Told the woman at the well her sins. He put H...

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Why did Jesus pass by crippled people without healing them?

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Jesus passed by the cripples and left them lay there. He said, “I can do nothing except the Father shows Me first.” Is that right? Saint John 5:19. “Verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself but what He sees the Father doing.” See? It has to be showed first. Balaam, when he tried to c...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man out of a great multitude of sick people?

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But notice. When Jesus passed by there, He saw that great multitude. Doesn’t it seem like for Him, with all the powers of God in Him…I believe that He could’ve healed every person there. Don’t you believe that tonight? I believe He could’ve done it. But do you believe He was a true prophet sent from...