Jesus’ healing of the man by the pool is an act of love, but also a challenge to two forms of false thinking – superstition regarding a magic pool and the hard hearted application of Sabbath law. The lame man needed to trust Jesus for a new body and to reject the censure of those who insulted him for carrying a mat on the Sabbath. Both problems pertain to us. Will we receive what the Lord offers and refuse to be ‘man-pleasers’ as we follow Him?