That’s why Jesus always got 100-percent results. He didn’t just do and say whatever He wanted. He proved that at the pool of Bethesda. When He walked up to that pool, multitudes of sick people were piled all around it. He loved all of them and He must have wanted to heal every single one. Yet He walked right past them and spoke to just one man.
“Wilt thou be made whole?” He asked. “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked” (John 5:6, 8-9).
Christians have read that story for years and wondered why Jesus didn’t just heal everyone. The answer is simple.
He couldn’t.
He could only do what He saw His Father do and He could only say what He heard His Father say. Jesus heard Him, spoke and acted on His words, and the Father did the work.
MAR '14 : BVOV : 5
