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, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. John 5:1-9

A. Jesus’ Heart for Hurting People

1. He goes to hurting people: John 5:1; Matthew 14:13-23

2. He goes to the worse of hurting people: John 5:5-6; Matthew 9:10-13; Luke 7:47

B. Jesus’s Heart for Hurting People: One on One

1. He searches the heart of a person with a question: John 5:6-7; Luke 6:46; Luke 8:22-25; John 21:16

• • He questions our obedience revealing our desire to please Him.
  • He questions our trust revealing our desire to rely upon Him.
  • He questions our love revealing our desire to know Him.

2. He challenges the will of a person with a command: John 5:8-9; Matthew 4:19-20