The Damning Power of False Religion (John 5:1–16)
John 5:1–16 reveals the damning power of false religion by exposing how religious traditions and legalism can blind people to genuine spiritual truth and divine grace. The man healed at the Pool of Bethesda had suffered for 38 years, not because of personal sin, but due to a system of false hope—superstitious belief that the bubbling water, possibly from …
