John 5:2-7 (NIV)

 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie-the blind, the lame, the paralyzed

 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had.

 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

 7 "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."

8. Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."

""First off I believe the sole purpose for this paralytic was so he could be used as a testimony for Jesus,with that being said.
 
Question's for one to look at.

1. Would you stop and ask him if he wanted help into the pool to be healed?
2. Could you take one second with the risk that you might lose your chance of healing from
this pool?
3. How would you feel if it was you laying there?

  I know for myself if it was me laying there and waiting, I would probably be thinking just wait
my day will come some how, and I will be healed and guess what I am not going to help you get in
the pool because you never helped me.

 With me just writing that one sentence made me sick to my stomach because God did not create
us to be selfish. When ever I see some one in need I do my best to see if they need anything it's not that I am any better than anyone else it's just that I have always been that way  "God created me that way" When I accepted Christ into my heart He showed me that this is a gift He created me with, We all have it we just need to activate it through Jesus Christ God's only Son.

You see we all need each other and our fellowship. The Lost need us more, Jesus's light needs to shine brighter than ever now. We need not to be selfish with God's word and hope and pray that the non-saved
will find their way in, they need positive examples, not the media breeding hate,fear,anger.
                  The opposite of this is the scripture below
1Cr 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

This is what God desire and requires of us.

  My prayer is this that we all do our best to put this to practice.