<TITLE>06. Par 18-20</TITLE>L-18 Now, in the Book of Saint John the 5th chapter, I wish to read just a portion. You know, faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God. Is that right? All right, now listen closely as I read.
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, ... called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
In these lay ... great multitudes of impotent folk, ... blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever ... first after the troubling of the water stepping in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
And when Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had now been a long time in this case, he said unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
Listen closely.
The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me in the pool: but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
Jesus said unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and ... the same ... was the sabbath.

L-19 The 19th verse, when He was questioned on this... Now, I want you to notice, it looks very strange. Now, our case is just before the crucifixion, when Jesus went up to the feast at Jerusalem.
And now, how many people in here are sick and needy tonight of prayer? Let's see your hand: just go up everywhere. My, just look. My friends, this is a sick world, isn't it? And look at the day that when we got the best medicine we ever practiced with; we got the best doctors we ever had (Do you believe that?), got the best institution hospitals, best drugs we ever practiced with; and we got more sickness than the world ever knowed. You want my analysis of it? We got more sin and unbelief than the world ever knowed. That's just exactly the reason. Sure.

L-20 Now, in speaking of Divine healing, you're--we must approach it just as sanely as it is in the Scripture. Now, Divine healing has been misunderstood by many. Some people think that Divine healing is some sort of a (You know?) hocus pocus over people and put some kind of a--a spell on them that they get well, or something like that, or a hypnotism. That's an error. The Bible teaches Divine healing for this present day, and Divine healing all down through the age.
Now, God always had a provided way for the people to be healed. He give it in the days of the--Israel's journey; He had the brass serpent. After the going away of the brass serpent, when people make an idol out of it, then the prophet broke up the serpent, and tore it up, threw it away.
And God sent an Angel down upon a pool of water, called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, at the sheep market, where they brought in the sheeps in the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. If the good Lord willing, in a few weeks be visiting this very spot where we're speaking of.


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