“Christ asked [the paralytic], “Wilt thou be made whole?” (John 5:6). What a question! That was what he was there for, but Christ wanted to call forth the expression of desire in that man’s heart to be made whole. And when Christ bade him to rise, take up his bed and walk, he did just as Christ told him to do. He did not say, “Why, I have been here thirty years and have not taken a step during that time.” He did not stop to argue, but did just as he was bidden. He took up his bed and walked out and was healed from that time.
This is the faith that we need. But if you stop to explain everything and reason out every point, you will die in your sins, because you will never be satisfied.—Faith and Works, p. 68.”
