John 5:5-9
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
Jesus comes to us to make us whole, yet still asks if we are willing. So the will of man must be initiated by God to heal our souls to salvation. We cannot heal ourselves spiritually, nor get up and walk as a new creation in unless God bids us to rise from death to life and walk after Jesus. He is our sabbath rest; we only find peace with God and rest from trying to work the righteousness of Christ when we take His on ourselves.
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