And often He only did for others what they couldn’t do for themselves. He offered what only He could do and then required others to do what they could do. Jesus put mud on the blind man’s eyes but then told the blind man to go wash in the pool for himself. He didn’t run to get the water for him. He healed the lame man and told him to get up, take up his mat, and walk for himself. He didn’t carry the man or his mat. Jesus had compassion on the woman caught in adultery. He didn’t condone her actions but instead told her to go and leave her life of sin.
