Joh 5:6 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?"
Let's apply this to spiritual salvation:
Before a sinner is saved, he must first see his need for salvation. In a lot of cases, this requires a long time. It takes us, fallen creatures of pride, a long time to come to the end of ourselves. That we are helpless and incapacitated to save ourselves is the last thing that we will ever realize, if ever.
We'd love to think that we are okay, when the truth of the matter is that we have been "lying there" for a long time in that condition. Not until we humbly acknowledge our condition that God, in His mercy and grace, through the Lord Jesus Christ, will come with His salvation.
Are you one who, in pride, is constantly resisting His conviction? Or are you one who has been brought to acknowledge your sinful and helpless condition before God?
Have you realized that that you are not well in the eyes of God that you can readily say a humble "Yes" when He comes and says: "Do you want to be made well by faith in Me and in what I did on the cross for you?"
