"Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.  In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.   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.  Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.  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?'

"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.'

"Jesus said to him, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk.' And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked."  (John 5:2-9, NKJV)

In the case of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda, Jesus miraculously healed him, and I have no doubt that the Lord still heals people today.  But quite often, Jesus chooses to work through doctors, nurses, and hospitals.  

Larry Golin is a missionary physical therapist who served for 31 years in Bangladesh.  Larry had the privilege of fitting patients with artificial limbs.  And while his patients might not have experienced complete physical healing, Larry said they still were able to "crawl in and walk out," plus some of them accepted Christ as their Savior!  There is no doubt that Jesus is still the Great Physician.

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