Jesus and the Paralytic Man

St. Mary COC – Grade 3 Sunday-school Lesson

One day, there was a feast and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. On His way there, there

was a pool, called BETHESDA with 5 porches around it.

Many people were waiting around this pool. There were sick people, blind, lame,

paralyzed, … But, Why?

…At a certain time, an angel would go down and stir up the water; then, whoever stepped in first was healed of ANY

disease!!!

There was a man who was paralyzed for 38 years!

…He stayed by the pool hoping that somehow he could be healed too.

Jesus saw him lying there, and He had a compassion upon him.

Do you want to be made well?

I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred

up…

And immediately the man was made well!

He took up his bed, and walked! But, that day was the Sabbath . . .

The strict Jews said to him…

But the man did not know who healed him

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him…

The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him

well.

Discussion

Q. What did you notice about the disabled man?

Q. Why did Jesus ask him if he *wants* to be made well?  

Q. Why can Jesus heal anyone and anything? Because He is God. He is THE Creator. …Since He created

everything, fixing things is a piece of cake, right!?

“For I am the Lord who heals you”- Exodus 15:26

QUIZ GAME!TRUE OR FALSE: "Now a certain man was there who had an

infirmity thirty-eight years." JOHN 5:5 "When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew

that he had already been in that condition a long time, He said to him, 'Do you want to go in the pool?' " JOHN 5:6

Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and get into the water." JOHN 5:8.

"And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked..." JOHN 5:9

Right away, the man went to show-off his new health to all his friends!

Jesus has the power to heal! How can I use it?

Pray for God to heal me when I’m sick, sad, mad, or hurt in any way

Pray for God to heal others, whether it is their body or their spirit that is sick.

Pray that God heals my spirit from my sins, especially those STUBBORN sins that I having trouble getting rid of!!!

Believe & say Amen!

To know: What ever I am suffering from, Jesus is more powerful!

To feel: Jesus’ has POWER over sickness and over ALL things!

To practice: Remember to seek God’s power over any kind of illness or weakness (in body or spirit)