Saturday August 01st, 2026
« Later, Jesus met the man in the temple courtyard and told him, “You’re well now. Stop sinning so that something worse doesn’t happen to you” »
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
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.
10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
In continuation of the discussion about God’s declaration that it shall be well with the righteous, Isaiah 3:10,
it is important to note that the state of a person’s health is another indicator of the individual’s wellness.
A person that is always in and out of the hospital because of health challenges cannot say that it is truly well with him or her.
- I declare in the mighty name of Jesus that from today onward, you will begin to live in sound health.
The story in our Bible reading for today reveals the healing power of our Lord Jesus Christ and also shows that sin can be a source for sickness.
This is the reason the Holy Spirit through the writer of Acts 10:38NKJV said
« how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him »
For you to live a sickness-free life, you must desist from any sin that might exist in your life.
Confess them to God, ask for His forgiveness, and genuinely repent from them.
If you do not genuinely repent of any sin that exists in your life,
you are setting yourself up for great torment by the devil, as Jesus told the sick fellow in our memory verse for today.
Jesus gave a parable about putting new wine into old wine bottles in Luke 5:36-38.
- You cannot receive a miracle from God and remain in a _sinful state;_ it is like putting new wine in an old wine bottle.
As Jesus warned in His parable, such a person will surely be destroyed.
In our Bible reading today, Jesus pronounced healing on the sick fellow and, after a while,
upon seeing him again, gave him a warning that he should not commit sin again.
A lesson here for us to learn is that
it is not enough for a person to receive his or her healing or any other miracle and go about committing sin afterwards. Such a person will definitely lose the healing or miracle.
As I have pronounced healing and sound health upon you today,
may the Lord keep you away from sin so that you will not lose your miracles to it, in Jesus’ name.
Application – Sin exposes someone to the demons of infirmity. Repent and be healed, live holy that you may not lose your healing and miracles.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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