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In today\u2019s reading, we hear that Jesus tells us that our physical self and our physical health is important to God, too! We also tackle the idea that sometimes we read the Scriptures quite literally, and how that can be a dangerous way of understanding what the Bible actually says.\nRead the transcript (PDF)\nToday we talk about:\n\nHow this passage is similar to the American healthcare system\nJesus\u2019 way of telling us that our physical needs are also important\nPhysical healing and restoration to the community\nHow not getting cured of illness has nothing to do with how strong your faith is\nNot treating the Scripture as a rule book or textbook with it comes to personal faith\n\nDon\u2019t forget to visit QueerTheology.com/community to learn about reading Reading Queerly, and also, check QueerTheology.com/courses to get on the waiting list for our Bible reading course that\u2019s coming up soon.\nJohn 5:1-9\nAfter this, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate in the north city wall, is a pool with the Aramaic name Bethsaida. It had five covered porches, and a crowd of people who were sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed sat there. A certain man was there who had been sick for 38 years. When Jesus saw him lying there, knowing that he was already been there a long time, he asked him, \u201cDo you want to get well?\u201d\nThe sick man answered him, \u201cSir, I don\u2019t have anyone who can put me in the water when it is stirred up. When I\u2019m trying to get to it, someone else has gotten in ahead of me.\u201d\nJesus said to him, \u201cGet up! Pick up your mat and walk.\u201d Immediately the man was well, and he picked up his mat and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.\nPhoto by\xa0Sharon McCutcheon\nThe post Jesus Heals (Literally!) \u2013 John 5:1-9 appeared first on Queer Theology.