Jesus’ Absolute Equality with God

Rev. Haak is pastor of Bethel Protestant Reformed Church in Elk Grove Village, Illinios. The wonderful miracle of the healing of the impotent man by the pool of Bethesda serves the Lord's purpose of being the occasion for this deep and profound passage on the deity of Jesus. The miracle had been performed on the Sabbath day, and in Jerusalem, exactly so that Jesus could assert before the Jews His own divine nature and unity of essence with the Father. Aware that the Jews are seeking His life,...